Two Indian Children of Long Ago/Project Gutenberg

Two Indian Children of Long Ago by Frances Taylor, 1922.
See here.

Stories of Chivalry Retold from the St. Nicholas Magazine/Google Books

Title Stories of Chivalry Retold from St. Nicholas
Publisher The Century co., 1909
Length 192 pages
Overview

Indian Stories Retold From the St. Nicholas Magazine/Project Gutenberg

See here.

Australia: Our Colonies, and Other Islands of the Sea/Google Books

Title Australia: Our Colonies, and Other Islands of the Sea
Carpenter's Geographical Reader
Author Frank George Carpenter
Publisher American Book Co., 1904
Length 432 pages
Click here.


"The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. Within the past few years our own territories have been extended to the other side of the globe. We have acquired new lands with new climates, resources, and products. We have adopted into our national family millions of people belonging to races different from ours, having different customs and a different civilization. In our far-away lands the whole aspect of nature seems changed, and we seem to be in a new world. This is so not only of Samoa, Hawaii, and the Philippines, but also of Porto Rico and our dependent sister republic of the West Indies, the great island of Cuba.

This book aims to take the children themselves into this new world. In a personally conducted tour through the eyes of the author they travel over it, seeing our brown-skinned cousins of the several colonies as they are at home. They learn about the resources of the various islands, and of their value to the United States. They visit the people on the farms and in the factories. They spend some time in the cities and villages, and they explore the wilds, observing the wonders of plant and animal creation."

Our Little Canadian Cousin/Google Books

Title Our Little Canadian Cousin
Author Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald
Published 1904
Click here.

Chin: Our Little Siamese Cousin/Google Books

Title Chin: Our Little Siamese Cousin
The Little Cousin Series
Author Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
Illustrated by Lewis Jesse Bridgman
Publisher L.C. Page, 1912
Length 110 pages
Click here

The Boston Tea Party, December 1773(Illustrated Story)/Google Books

Title The Boston Tea Party, December 1773
Authors H. W. McVickar, Josephine Pollard
Publisher Dodd, Mead & company, 1882
Length 32 pages
Overview

Biography for the Use of Schools/Google Books

Title Biography for the use of schools
Author Noah Webster
Publisher Printed by Hezekiah Howe, 1830
Length 214 pages
Overview

Table of Contents

Comprehensive History of Western Civilization through 16th Century

This site is a wonderful resource! See their time line from the founding of Rome in 753 BC through 1566 - the Ottomans conquer European territories in the Balkans. Links to free resources and online books are given from the time line. The free books are page scans of the books with no comprehensive downloads offered; however, if you use the Google Books Search on my side bar, you may find it in a download friendly form(PDF). Also try Gutenberg Books, also on my side bar, and a general Google search.

Some of these books have already been listed here, but I will attempt to add more of them here.

They offer fairly reasonably priced CD collections as well.

Our Old World Background/Google Books

Title Our Old World Background
Authors Charles Austin Beard, William Chandler Bagley
Publisher The Macmillan company, 1922
Length 504 pages
Overview

Very general coverage...probably for fifth or sixth grade.

Great Inventions and Discoveries/Google Books

Author Willis Duff Piercy
Publisher Charles E. Merrill company, 1911
Length 206 pages
Overview

Children of Ancient Rome/Google Books

Title Children of Ancient Rome
Author Louise Lamprey
Publisher Little, Brown, and Company, 1922
Length 262 pages
Overview

Child Life in All Lands/Google Books

Title: Child Life in All Lands
Author: Lindley Smyth
Publisher: John C. Winston, 1906
Length: 252 pages
Overview

Benziger's Elementary Geography for Catholic Schools/Google

Title: Benziger's Elementary Geography for Catholic Schools
Author: Benziger Brothers
Publisher: Benziger Bros., 1920
Length: 135 pages
Overview

An Evening in Autumn(Social Studies)/Google Books

" The name of this newly invented game," said she, "shall be the Useful Amusement, because it will combine use with pleasure. Each of you being provided with a pencil and paper, shall write a question—ask something you wish to know; as, What is coffee ? What is tea ? and so on. Now, since these different things may come from different parts of the world, we will have maps laid ready upon the table, to look for each place.


Tea comes from China—we will look for China; Coffee from Arabia—well, we will then find Arabia. And in this manner you will learn two things at once, and gain knowledge even whilst you play."


"That will be delightful," said Charlotte, a clever little girl about eight years old; " but who is to answer our questions?"

Title: An Evening in Autumn; or, The Useful Amusement: Intended for Children
Publisher: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1821
Length: 110 pages
Overview

The Royal Alphabet of Kings and Queens/Google Books

Title: The Royal Alphabet of Kings and Queens

Publisher: Joseph Cundall, 1843
Length 24 pages
Overview

Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln/Google books

Title Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln
Author James Baldwin
Publisher Werner School Book Co., 1897
Length 246 pages
Overview

The Children's Picture-book of Useful Knowledge/Google Books

Title The Children's Picture-book of Useful Knowledge
Author Meredith Jones
Publisher Bell and Daldy, 1862
Length 260 pages
Overview

"Preface: In the 'Children's Bible Picture-Book', I told my little friends about God; how He made the world, with every living thing upon it, and sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to live, as a man, in it, that He might at last bring us to live with Him in heaven. In the Picture-Book of great and good men, I told them about men who had done great, or good, or useful deeds. I shall now tell them something about food, clothing, and shelter; for I sometimes hear children asking questions about these things, when there is no one at hand to answer them. Here they can read for themselves what they want to know, and when they have finished, they may, if they like, turn to the questions at the end of the book, and find out how much they remember of what they have read. For reading, without remembering, I must tell them, is of very little use."

Calvert of Maryland: a Story of Lord Baltimore's Colony/Google books

Calvert of Maryland: a story of Lord Baltimore's colony
Author James Otis
Publisher American book company, 1910
Length 166 pages
Overview

Children's Book of Patriotic Stories: the Spirit of '76/Google Books

Children's book of patriotic stories: the spirit of '76
Editors Asa Don Dickinson, Helen Winslow Dickinson Dickinson
Publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917
Length 305 pages
Overview