Saturday, May 23, 2009

Rollo's Experiments/Google Books


Rollo's Experiments
By Jacob Abbott, William Jay Baker, Sheldon & Company (New York, N.Y.)
Illustrated by Frederick M. Coffin
Contributor William Jay Baker, John Andrew, Sheldon & Company, Phillips, Sampson & Company
Published by Sheldon, 1862
180 pages

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About third - fourth grade level.

Friday, May 22, 2009

The New Century Third Reader/Google Books

The New Century Third Reader
By Henry S. Tibbits
Edition: revised
Published by Rand, McNally, 1899
238 pages

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Stories of Patriotism: A Patriotic Reader for the Intermediate Grades

Stories of patriotism: a patriotic reader for the intermediate grades
By Norma Helen Deming, Katharine Isabel Bemis
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1918
190 pages


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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Opera Stories from Wagner/Google Books

Opera Stories from Wagner: A Reader for Primary Grades
By Florence Akin
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1915
106 pages

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About a fourth - fifth grade reading level.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Art Studies for Schools/Goggle Books

Art Studies for Schools: Or, Hints on the Use of Reproductions of High Art in the Schoolroom
By Rydingsvärd, Anna Maria von Rydingsvärd
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1903
184 pages

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Teacher's helps, stories about art. Elementary school level.

Being a Boy/Google Books


Being a boy
By Charles Dudley Warner
Illustrated by James Wells Champney
Edition: 26
Published by Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896
186 pages

Popular literature for boys at the turn of the century. Excerpts of this book were published in fifth grade readers. This book is about a boy growing up on a farm in Massachusetts.

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Friday, May 15, 2009

Fifth Reader/Google Books

Fifth reader ...
By Charles Maurice Stebbins
Published by American Book company, 1913
480 pages

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A Practical System of Modern Geography/Google Books


Another interesting geography book, pre-Civil War. It's actually general enough to still be of use, and interesting for historical period study. The language suggests middle elementary school, easy to read and understand. Lovely illustrations throughout which could be used for projects and time lines. Comprehension questions included.


A practical system of modern geography, or A view of the present state of the world ...: Revised and illustrated by a new enlarged atlas
By Jesse Olney
Edition: 60
Published by Pratt, Woodford & co., 1849

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Map of the World/Google Books

Interesting for a period study.

An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Map of the World, on Mercator's Projection: Containing an Index to the Various Countries, Cities, Towns, Islands, &c., Represented on the Map
By Samuel Augustus Mitchell
Published by S.A. Mitchell, 1846

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Downloadable map can be found here .

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Free Math Courses Online

Not free ebooks, but math can be a tricky subject to teach(and expensive), so I thought I'd link this here. The Education Portal has a nice list of colleges, universities and other learning centers offering free math courses online and software. Click here.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Pollard's Synthetic Second Reader

Mislabeled by Google Books as First reader.

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Pollard's synthetic first reader
By Rebecca Smith Pollard
Published by Western Pub. House, 1895
159 pages

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Pollard's Synthetic First Reader


Pollard's synthetic first reader
By Rebecca Smith Pollard
Published by Western Pub. House, 1895
159 pages

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Geography: or, A Description of the World/Google Books

Geography: or, A description of the world
By Daniel Adams
Edition: 5
Published by Lincoln & Edmands, 1820
335 pages

Dated, but still useful.

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Friday, May 1, 2009

The Historical Geography of the Holy Land/Google Books

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The historical geography of the Holy land: especially in relation to the history of Israel and of the early church
By George Adam Smith
Edition: 9
Published by A. C. Armstrong and son, 1897
713 pages

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Rollo's Vacation/Google Book

Rollo's vacation
By Jacob Abbott
Contributor Samuel Colman
Published by Samuel Colman, 1855
Original from the University of California
Digitized Nov 6, 2008
191 pages

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Fourth or fifth grade reader.

Review of Rollo series books.

The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

An early elementary nature/geography reader.

The stories Mother Nature told her children
By Jane Andrews
Published by Ginn & Company, 1888
161 pages

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