Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Wentworth & Hill's Examination Manual, Issue 1(Arithmetic)/Google Books

No answer booklet, just test. Appears to cover elementary school and early middle school mathematics, and probably proceeds, School Arithmetics(Grades 7 and 8).

Wentworth & Hill's examination manuals, Issue 1
Authors George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill
Publisher Ginn & Co., 1894
Overview

School Arithmetics(Grades 7 and 8)/Google Books

School arithmetics
Wentworth-Smith mathematical series
School Arithmetics, George Albert Wentworth
Book 3 of School arithmetics: book one-three
Authors George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith
Publisher Ginn, 1920
Overview

School Algebra(Grades 5 and 6) + Teacher's Copy/Google books

Wentworth-Smith mathematical series
School Arithmetics, George Albert Wentworth
Book 2 of School arithmetics: book one-three
Authors George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith
Publisher Ginn, 1920
Overview


School algebra: teachers' edition
Book 2 of School Algebra, George Albert Wentworth
Wentworth-Smith mathematical series
Author George Albert Wentworth
Publisher Ginn and Company, 1913
Overview

Solid Geometry/Google Books

Solid geometry
Wentworth-Smith mathematical series
Authors George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith
Publisher Ginn and Company, 1913
Length 191 pages
Overview

Elementary geometry, plane and solid: for use in high schools and academies/Google Books

Elementary geometry, plane and solid: for use in high schools and academies
Author Thomas Franklin Holgate
Publisher The Macmillan company, 1901
Length 440 pages
Overview

THE Book of Elegies(English Classics)/Google Books

THE BOOK OF ELEGIES
Author JAMES BALDWIN
Published 1893

Overview

Friday, December 25, 2009

Gulliver's Travels into Some Remote Countries/Google books


Gulliver's Travels rewritten for younger children.


Gulliver's travels into some remote countries
Authors Jonathan Swift, James Baldwin
Publisher American Book Co., 1908
Length 172 pages

Overview

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopedia Britannica

Many courses of study and reading guides.

A guide to systematic readings in the Encyclopedia Britannica: new & revised ed
Author James Baldwin
Publisher Werner co., 1897

Overview

Encyclopedia Britannica here.

Monday, December 21, 2009

The Winston Readers, The Primer/Google Books

The Winston readers
The Winston Readers, Ethel Maltby Gehres
Authors Sidney Grant Firman, Ethel Maltby Gehres
Publisher J.C. Winston, 1918

Overview

Teacher's manual

Reading Literature, Second Grade Reader/Google Books

Reading literature
The Reading-literature series, Harriette Taylor Treadwell
Authors Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free
Publisher Row, Peterson and Co., 1912

Overview

Friday, December 18, 2009

The Trees and Plants Mentioned in the Bible/Google Books


The trees and plants mentioned in the Bible
Publisher Religious Tract Society, 1895
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Length 235 pages
Overview

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

Education by Plays and Games/Google Books

Ages 0-15.
Education by plays and games
Author George Ellsworth Johnson
Publisher Ginn & company, 1907
Length 234 pages
Overview

Christmas Themed Children's Literature/Google Books & More

Post bumped up from last year.

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

The Birds' Christmas Carol

Little Peter: a Christmas morality for children of any age


Stories for Every Holiday

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Describes the life of Santa Claus from birth through old age and into immortality.

Santa Claus

Twas the Night Before Christmas 1912 edition by C. Clement Moore.

The Story of Santa Klaus: Told for Children of All Ages


Yule-tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales & Traditions

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together with Its Historical Events

Childrens' Holidays, The Christmas Tree

Old Christmas by Washington Irving,Randolph Caldecott

A Dog of Flanders

By Ouida, easy reading

Fifty Christmas Poems for Children, read only.

The Spirit of Christmas by Henry Van Dyke


The Christmas Rose, Good Stories for Great Holidays By Frances Jenkins Olcott

A Christmas child By Molesworth

The First Christmas Tree By Henry Van Dyke, Howard Pyle(high school)

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of Any Age

Little Blossom's Reward: A Christmas Book for Children


An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve(Scandinavian)

The Christmas Porringer by Evaleen Stein

Christmas in Legend and Story by Elva S. Smith

Primer - The Little Christmas Tree(beginning reader)

Holyday Tales

Why the Chimes Rang

First Grade Reader, Christmas with the Grandparents.

Comprehensive list of Christmas stories at the Baldwin Project.

In the child's world: morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary


Primary Education - lesson plans, stories, art, music, etc., 1926. Numerous pages, begins here.

Reindeer cut-out and nursery rhyme.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Good English, Oral and Written, Books 1-3/Google Books

Meant for third and fourth grades per Introduction.

Good English, oral and written,Volume 1
Volume 1 of Good English, Oral and Written, Clara E. Lynch
Good English, Oral and Written, Book One-three, Clara E. Lynch
Authors William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linaeus Marsh
Publisher Scott, Foresman and company, 1920
Overview

Meant for fifth and sixth grades per Introduction.

Good English, oral and written, Volume 2
Good English, Oral and Written, Book One-three, Clara E. Lynch
Authors William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linaeus Marsh
Publisher Scott, Foresman and company, 1921
Overview

Meant for seventh and eight grades per Introduction.

Good English, oral and written, Volume 3
Good English, Oral and Written, Book One-three, Clara E. Lynch
Authors William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linaeus Marsh
Publisher Scott, Foresman and company, 1918
Overview

Friday, December 4, 2009

Intermediate History of the United States: for Use in the Fifth and Sixth Grades of Catholic Schools/Google books

Intermediate history of the United States: for use in the fifth and sixth grades of Catholic schools
Volume 1270 of Harvard social studies textbooks preservation microfilm project
Authors Frank X. Sadlier, William H. Sadlier
Publisher William H. Sadlier, 1915
Length 301 pages
Overview.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Three Hundred Things a Bright Girl Can Do /Google Books

Three hundred things a bright girl can do
Author Lilla Elizabeth Kelley
Publisher D. Estes & company, 1903
Length 630 pages
Overview

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Christmas in Legend and Story: a Book for Boys and Girls/Google Books

Christmas in legend and story: a book for boys and girls
Author Elva Sophronia Smith
Compiled by Elva Sophronia Smith, Alice Isabel Hazeltine
Publisher Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1915
Length 283 pages
Overview

A Budget of Christmas Tales/Google Books

A Budget of Christmas tales
The Christian Herald library
Authors Charles Dickens, Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mrs. Molesworth, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Herbert Winslow Collingwood, Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Publisher The Christian Herald, 1895
Length 299 pages

Overview

Introduction to Fiction/MIT OpenCourseWare

A college level class from MIT.

21L.003 Introduction to Fiction


Also see:

21L.003 Reading Fiction


21L.420 Literary Studies: The Legacy of England

21L.471 Major English Novels

More here.

I have not reviewed these materials, so I'm not sure of the content. Please let me know what you think if you use these classes for high school students.

Friday, November 27, 2009

High School Christmas Readings/Google Books & Project Gutenberg


Christmas: its origin and associations, together with its historical events and festive celebrations during nineteen centuries: ...
Author William Francis Dawson
Publisher E. Stock, 1902
Original from Pennsylvania State University
Length 366 pages
Overview(High School)


Yule-Tide in Many Lands(Project Gutenberg)(High School)

A History of the United States for Catholic Schools/Google Books

A history of the United States for Catholic schools

Author Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.)
Publisher Scott, Foresman and company, 1914
Length 673 pages

Overview

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Storied West Indies/Google Books

The Storied West Indies
Appletons' home reading books
Author Frederick Albion Ober
Publisher D. Appleton and company, 1900
Length 291 pages

Overview

Monday, November 23, 2009

Outlines for Kindergarten and Primary Classes in the Study of Nature and Related Subjects: Arranged by Months

Outlines for kindergarten and primary classes in the study of nature and related subjects: Arranged by months
Authors E. Maud Cannell, Margaret E. Wise
Publisher E.L. Kellogg & co., 1897
Length 162 pages

Overview

Handicraft for Handy Girls: Practical Plans for Work and Play/Google Books

Handicraft for handy girls: practical plans for work and play
Authors Albert Neely Hall, Dorothy Perkins
Publisher Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1916
Length 413 pages

Overview

Children's Printable Vintage Thanksgiving Stories and Poems

Click here.

Also see the Holiday Lessons: Early Elementary - Middle School label.

The Language-speller/Google Books

Language work with spelling, probably for mid-elementary school.

The language-speller
Author Elizabeth Hill Spalding
Publisher Richardson, Smith & Company, 1899
Overview

Friday, November 20, 2009

Eskimo Reading Resources and Supplements


Coloring page at left - click to enlarge and print.

Eskimo finger plays for preschool.

Eskimo sand table

An Artic Scene

Eskimo boy paper doll

Original 1922 Lucy Perkins The Twins Series paper dolls 

Igloo coloring page


As supplements to:

A Treasury of Eskimo Tales

The Twins Series - Eskimo(grade 2)/Project Gutenberg
Perkins, Lucy Fitch, 1865-1937



Around the world with the children(We Go to Cold Lands)

More reading here from my library.

Cut Out Paper Dolls/Google Books




Public school methods, Volume 1(Kindergarten).
Main page.

School arts, Volume 19 Red Cross and American Indian dolls and boy scout, camp fire girl, and little Mary.
Main page.

Homes for Paper Dolls, Harper's Bazaar .
Main page.

Industrial art text-books(dolls, clothes, furniture, and rooms) Pages 30-40.
Main page.


What shall we do now?: Five hundred games and pastimes, Paper dolls Pages 258-262. Doll house furniture, pages 243-257 .
Main page.

Taylor First Grade Reader with story and dolls. Pages 42-43(house), and pages 72-74, pages 76-78.

Godey's Magazine - numerous. Scroll down to images of select pages.

Easy steps in housekeeping; or, Mary Frances' adventures among the doll people - doll furniture and story book.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Pictures That Every Child Should Know: a Selection of the World's Art/Google Books



Pictures that every child should know: a selection of the world's art masterpieces for young people
Author Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
Publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908
Length 387 pages
Overview

Water Wonders Every Child Should Know: Little Studies of Dew, Frost, Snow, Ice, and Rain/Google Books


Water wonders every child should know: little studies of dew, frost, snow, ice and rain
Author Jean May Thompson
Publisher Doubleday, Page & company, 1907
Original from Cornell University
Length 233 pages
Overview

Monday, November 16, 2009

Appletons' Chart-primer: Exercises in Reading at Sight, and Language and Color Lessons for Beginners/Google Books

Appletons' chart-primer: exercises in reading at sight, and language and color lessons for beginners

Author Rebecca D. Rickoff
Publisher American Book Company, 1884
Length 48 pages

Overview

The Nursery Lesson Book/Google Books


FIFTY EASY LESSONS, EACH LESSON COMBINING SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE INSTRUCTION IN READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, DRAWING, AND SINGING. More like an activity book as the lessons go quickly, and the material is very general. This is definitely not a mastery approach. 16 songs with music scores included as well.

The nursery lesson book: a guide for mothers in teaching young children
Author Philip Gengembre Hubert
Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889
Length 74 pages

Wood wanderings

Nature reader for middle school and up.

Wood wanderings
Author Winthrop Packard
Publisher Small, Maynard and company, 1910
Length 220 pages

Overview

Thursday, November 12, 2009

When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures


When mother lets us cut out pictures
Author Ida Estelle Boyd
Publisher Moffat, Yard and Company, 1912
Length 94 pages
Overview

The Anatomy of the Frog


The anatomy of the frog
Volume 2 of Translations of foreign biological memoirs
Authors Alexander Ecker, George Haslam
Translated by George Haslam
Publisher Clarendon Press, 1889
Length 449 pages

Overview

History of Ancient Egypt , Art, & Atlas /Google Books


Ancient Egypt
The story of the nations
Authors George Rawlinson, Arthur Gilman
Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902
Length 408 pages
Overview


An atlas of ancient Egypt

Art in Egypt

Monday, November 9, 2009

Reading--literature: The Primer/Google Books


Reading--literature: the primer
Volume 2411 of Harvard reading textbooks preservation microfilm project
Authors Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free
Publisher Row, Peterson & Company, 1910
Length 120 pages
Overview 

Includes The Gingerbread Boy, The Little Red Hen, and Three Billy Goats Gruff .

Elson-Runkel Primer and Teacher's Copy/Google Books


Elson-Runkel primer

Authors William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel
Publisher Scott, Foresman and company, 1914
Length 128 pages

Manual for the Elson-Runkel primer

Bold and Brave by Horatio Alger/Project Gutenburg

For about 4th through sixth grades. Click here.

From HoratioAlgerJr.com"

What does the Horatio Alger "Strive and Succeed" philosophy consist of? Are there contemporary versions of it?
There are several elements in the Horatio Alger "Strive and Succeed" Philosophy:


* hard work
* study (informal rather than formal)
* loyalty to superiors and subordinates
* abstaining from alcohol
* frugal living
* importance of dress and personal grooming
* personal integrity
* speaking and writing effectively
* non-credal religious values (Unitarian)
* avoidance of violence and revenge
* speaking the whole truth
* brotherhood of males (family without a mother)
* obligation to help and protect the weak and unfortunate
* duty to mother and/or sisters
* courtesy to all
* accepting the success of others
* emphasis on a secure home
* accept assistance of benefactors
* expectation of own success, acceptance
* eschew class hatred


The Alger success formula seems very like what one finds in _The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin_. Alger's code is less pragmatic and more altruitstic than Poor Richard's. Alger's code imposes significant personal obligations, but it is not at all individualistic. The Alger code does not seem to have much in common with those individuals labeled "Horatio Alger success stories."

Friday, November 6, 2009

A Child's History Of Art/Internet Archive

Author: V. M. Hillyer, 1933
Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.
Click here.

Healthful Living, Based on the Essentials of Physiology: for High School Pupils/Google Books


Healthful living, based on the essentials of physiology: for high school pupils
Author Jesse Feiring Williams
Publisher Macmillan, 1919
Length 431 pages
Overview

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Bee-man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales/Google books

The bee-man of orn and other fanciful tales
Author Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919
Length 193 pages
Overview

Middle school and up.

Includes Old Pipes and the Dryad

Boy's Adventure Novel: The Aztec Treasure-house/Google Books


We haven't read this one, but did see it recommended for the seventh grade in this old children's resource bibliography.

Book overview from Google Books:
"The narrator travels in Mexico with a party including a Franciscan monk and an Indian youth, to find a lost race of Aztecs and a hidden treasure of gold, jewels and writings."

The Aztec treasure-house: a romance of contemporaneous antiquity
Author Thomas Allibone Janvier
Publisher Harper, 1890
Length 446 pages
Overview