Monday, April 26, 2010

Sewing and Textiles: First Lessons for Elementary Schools/Google Books

Sewing and textiles: first lessons for elementary schools
Author Mary Lockwood Matthews
Publisher Little, Brown, and Co., 1921
Length 155 pages
Overview


Sections of this books are still very usable for modern sewing on a machine.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Mosaic Essays : Friendship, Love, Happiness, Nature & Success(Emerson)/Internet Archives

Mosaic essays : friendship, love, happiness, nature & success ([c1906])
Author: Elder, Paul, 1872-1948
Subject: Happiness; Friendship; Nature in literature
Publisher: San Francisco ; New York : P. Elder and Company
Overview

Snow-bound: Among the Hills and Songs of Labor(Classic Poetry)/Google Books

Snow-bound: Among the hills and Songs of labor. With explanatory notes
Author John Greenleaf Whittier
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1883
Length 74 pages
Overview

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Ivanhoe: Condensed for Use in Schools/Google Books

Ivanhoe: condensed for use in schools, with an introduction and explanatory notes
Author Sir Walter Scott
Publisher Univ. Pub. Co., 1897
Length 208 pages
Overview

Sunday, April 18, 2010

High School English: Composition, Rhetoric, Literature

High school English: composition, rhetoric, literature

Authors Alfred Allan Kern, Stuart Grayson Noble
Publisher The Southern publishing company, 1922
Length 592 pages
Overview

The First Year English Book(9th/10th Grade)/Google Books

The First Year English Book(High School)
Author Harriet Eve Crandall
Publisher Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, 1908
Length 237 pages
Overview

Tales of A Grandfather(Sir Walter Scott)/Google Books

Tales of a Grandfather(History of Scotland)
Author Sir Walter Scott
Editor J. Hutchison
Publisher Macmillan & co., 1908
Length 108 pages
Overview

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

A Course of Study for the Eight Grades of the Common School /Google Books

A course of study for the eight grades of the common school including a hand book of practical suggestions to teachers
Author Charles Alexander McMurry
Publisher Public-School Publishing Co., 1895
Length 152 pages
Overview

Standard Catholic Reader, Book One

Standard Catholic Readers, Mary E. Doyle
Author Mary E. Doyle
Publisher American Book Co., 1909
Overview

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Boy and Girl Heroes/Google Books


Boy and Girl Heroes
Everychild's series
Author Florence Virginia Farmer
Publisher Macmillan Co., 1912
Length 137 pages
Overview

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Nature Myths of Many Lands/Google Books


Nature myths of many lands
Eclectic readings
Author Florence Virginia Farmer
Publisher American Book Co., 1910
Overview

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A History of England

A history of England from the first invasion by the Romasn to the 14th year of the reign of Queen Victoria: with conversations at the end of each chapter.

By Mrs. Markham
Publisher J. Murray, 1851
Overview

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Stories of Other Lands/Google Books

Stories of Other Lands
Book 3, Part 2 of Appletons' instructive reading-books
Book 3, Part 2 of Historical series
Stories of other lands
Author James Johonnot
Publisher American Book Co., 1888
Length 232 pages
Overview

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010

History of William, the Conqueror/Google Books


History of William, the Conqueror
Author Jacob Abbott
Publisher Henry Altemus Company, 1900
Length 251 pages
Overview

Monday, March 22, 2010

Neighbors with Claws and Hoofs, and Their Kin: for Boys and Girls

Neighbors with claws and hoofs, and their kin: for boys and girls
Book 4 of Appleton's instructive reading-books
Book 4 of Natural history series

Author James Johonnot
Publisher American Book Company, 1885
Length 256 pages
Overview

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Story of Archer Alexander from Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863/Google Books

Quite interesting; however, parents should preview this book first for comfort level, as the language is old fashioned(19th century). Some references are pejorative by today's standards.

The story of Archer Alexander from slavery to freedom, March 30, 1863
Author William Greenleaf Eliot
Publisher Cupples, Upham, 1885
Length 123 pages
Overview

Sunday, March 14, 2010

A Short History of Ancient Times: for Colleges and High Schools

A short history of ancient times: for colleges and high schools
Author Philip Van Ness Myers
Publisher Ginn & Company, 1906
Length 388 pages
Overview

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Story of Old France/Google Books

The Story of Old France
Author Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher American book company, 1910
Length 374 pages
Overview

The Age of Charlemagne/ Google Books

The Age of Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

Author Charles Luke Wells
Publisher Christian Literature Co., 1898
Length 472 pages
Overview

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Free Lesson Plans/Curriculum Guide for Grades Pre-K through Sixth

Using mostly free public domain books, Ivory shares her homeschool lesson plans here. It's Charlotte Mason style, mainly combining resources from these three sites: http://www.oldfashionededucation.com, http://www.materamabilis.org, and http://www.amblesideonline.com.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World/Google Books

Captain Cook's voyages round the world
Authors James Cook, Margaret Bertha Synge
Publisher Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1897
Length 512 pages
Overview

Friday, March 5, 2010

The Prang Primary Course in Art Education/Google books

The Prang primary course in art education, Part 1
Author Mary Dana Hicks
Publisher The Prang Educational Co., 1893
Length 168 pages
Overview

Part two here.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Children's Book of Stars/Google books

The children's book of stars
Author Geraldine Edith Mitton
Publisher Adam and Charles Black, 1908
Length 207 pages
Overview

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Making of the Body: a Children's Book on Anatomy and Physiology

The making of the body: a children's book on anatomy and physiology : for school and home use
Authors Henrietta Barnett (Dame), Mrs. S. A. Barnett
Publisher Longmans, Green, 1894
Length 288 pages
Overview

Saturday, February 27, 2010

The Wonder Book of the Atmosphere/Google Books

The wonder book of the atmosphere
Author Edwin James Houston
Publisher F.A. Stokes company, 1907
Length 326 pages
Overview

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010

The Book of the Ocean

The book of the ocean
Author Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher The Century co., 1898
Length 279 pages
Overview

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Everyday English- Grades 4-7/Google Books


Everyday English, Book 1(grades 4-6)
Everyday English, Franklin Thomas Baker
Author Franklin Thomas Baker
Publisher The Macmillan Co., 1912
Overview


Everyday English: Book 2(grades 7-8)
Authors Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike
Publisher Macmillan Co., 1913
Length 336 pages
Overview

Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Boy's Froissart: Being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of Adventure, Battle, and Custom in England, France, Spain/Google Books

The boy's Froissart: being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of adventure, battle, and custom in England, France, Spain, etc
Editor Sidney Lanier
Publisher C. Scribner's sons, 1879
Length 422 pages
Overview

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Treasure Island with Teacher and Student Guide/Gooolge Books

Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson(unabridged)
Book is illustrated and contains teacher's suggestions for study, vocabulary list at Overview link page, biographical sketch, notes, and a book list. Introduction mentions that this edition is for seventh or eighth grade, but can adapted for earlier grades.

Treasure Island
Canterbury classics
Author Katharine Lee Bates
Editor Theda Gildemeister
Publisher Rand, McNally, 1903
Length 328 pages
Overview

Other Canterbury Classics for Children.

First Steps in Geometry/Google Books

First steps in geometry
Authors George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill
Publisher Ginn & company, 1901
Length 156 pages
Overview

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Crescent Moon: Child-poems/Google Books

The crescent moon: child-poems
Author Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher Macmillan, 1914
Length 82 pages
Overview

Poetry and stories from India.

Monday, February 15, 2010

The Eclectic Physiology for Use in Schools/Google Books

The eclectic physiology for use in schools
Author Eli F. Brown
Publisher Van Antwerp, Bragg & co., 1884
Length 183 pages
Overview

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Canadian Readers, Book 4

Canadian readers, Book 4(fourth grade)
W.J. Gage & co.'s educational series
Author John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
Publisher W.J. Gage, 1883
Length 320 pages
Overview

Unfortunately, only one grade found.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: Duchess of Thuringia/Google Books

Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: duchess of Thuringia
Author Charles Forbes Montalembert (comte de)
Publisher Longmans, Green, 1904
Length 493 pages
Overview

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Philippine Chart Primer

The Philippine chart primer
Authors Mary E. Coleman, Margaret A. Purcell, Orlando Schairer Reimold, John Woodside Ritchie
Publisher World book company, 1906
Length 53 pages
Overview

Monday, February 8, 2010

The Step-by-step Primer: a Self-instructor in Reading

The step-by-step primer: a self-instructor in reading by the use of Burnz' pronouncing print
Author Eliza Boardman Burnz
Publisher Burnz, 1892
Length 94 pages
Overview

Saturday, February 6, 2010

A Short History of Scotland/Google books

A short history of Scotland
Author Peter Hume Brown
Publisher Oliver and Boyd, 1908
Length 618 pages
Overview

Thursday, February 4, 2010

American Indian Story and Primer/Google Books

Kwahu, the Hopi Indian boy
Author George Newell Moran
Publisher American Book Company, 1913
Length 237 pages(color illustrations)
Download or read online here. Free and in public domain. Reading level about middle school and up.


Hopi paper dolls(1922) here.


For younger children, The Indian Primer, 1906. Readable online and downloadable.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Johnson's Primer/Google Books

Johnson's primer
Authors Henrietta H. Richardson, Blanche Wynne Johnson
Publisher B.F. Johnson Pub. Co., 1898
Length 46 pages
Overview

Monday, February 1, 2010

The Wonder Book of the Atmosphere/Google Books

The wonder book of the atmosphere
Author Edwin James Houston
Publisher F.A. Stokes company, 1907
Length 326 pages
Overview

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Graphics: a Manual of Drawing and Writing/Google Books


Graphics: a manual of drawing and writing, for the use of schools and families
American Culture Series, Art and Architecture collection
Author Rembrandt Peale
Publisher J. P. Peaslee, 1835
Length 86 pages
Overview

Friday, January 29, 2010

Art Appreciation/Google Books

The Appreciation of Pictures
Author Russell Sturgis
Publisher The Baker & Taylor co., 1905
Length 298 pages
Overview

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Preschool Picture Book


Cut and paste, or just for reading, The Children's Object Picture Book, Published/Created: London; New York: F. Warne & Co., [188-?]. Free and in public domain from the U.S. Library of Congress. Fully downloadable or readable online as HTML pages.

Features a home in 19th century London, England.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

First Book of Drawing/Google Books



First book of drawing: being exercises for children and young persons
Chamber's educational course
Author Robert Chambers
Publisher William and Robert Chambers, 1840
Length 11 pages
Overview

High School English/Google Books

Elements of High School English

Author Maude Morrison Frank
Publisher Longmans, Green, and co., 1915
Length 290 pages
Overview

Constructive Exercises in English
Author Maude Morrison Frank
Publisher Longmans, Green, and co., 1909
Length 154 pages
Overview

High School Exercises in Grammar
Author Maude Morrison Frank
Edition 5
Publisher Longmans, Green, and Co., 1915
Length 202 pages
Overview

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales/Google Books


Mighty Mikko: a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales
Author Parker Hoysted Fillmore
Publisher Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922
Length 314 pages
Overview

Friday, January 22, 2010

The Children's Book: A Collection of the Best and Most Famous Stories and Poems in the English Language/Google books


The children's book: a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language
Author Horace Elisha Scudder
Compiled by Horace Elisha Scudder
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin, 1907
Length 444 pages
Overview

Canterbury Chimes, or Chaucer Tales Retold for Children/Google Books

Canterbury chimes, or Chaucer tales retold for children
Authors Francis Storr, Hawes Turner, Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher Roberts, 1896
Overview

Printable Chaucer paper doll here.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Multi-grade Winter Homeschooling Lessons


In the Child's World, Winter(K and Early Elementary)Multi-page.

Stories for Summer Days and Winter Nights(middle school and up)

Three years with the poets: a text-book of poetry(elementary school),(various, see calendar)

Winter Fun. From 'St. Nicholas' magazine'(elementary school)

Our Winter Birds
: how to know and how to attract them(reference, and middle school and up)

Winter Evening Tales(Christian, middle school and up)


A Book of Winter Sports(reference, middle school and up)

All the Year Round: a Nature Reader: Part II : Winter(elementary school)

Winter Camping(reference, high school and up)

Pilgrim Stories, Winter in Holland(middle elementary)

Everyday Birds: Elementary Studies, Winter Pensioners

Bird world: a bird book for children, Winter Birds(Elementary School)

Independent fifth reader Instruction in Winter
and here, pages 301-304.

Botany: an elementary text for schools, Winter Buds, pages 36-41.

The Nursery(Preschool-Early Elementary): The Snowball Fight, Winter Scenes on the Hudson, Winter Evening Games, and Peter's Mishap.

Holmes' Third Reader, Winter Sleepers, and Children in Winterland

Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, The Study of Birds' Nests in Winter.

Our American Neighbors, Winter in Canada(fourth grade).

Lessons with Plants, Characters in Winter Plants(high school).

The Beginner's Garden Book: a Textbook for the Upper Grammar Grades, Going into Winter Quarters.

Live Language Lessons, The First Winter of the Pioneers of Utah(late elementary, early middle school)

Junior High School Literature, The Great Blizzard more here(Table of Contents under Winter)

Story Hour Readings, Book 7(Seventh grade), The Snowstorm

Life and Literature Readers: First Reader, Winter

Nature Study in Elementary Schools: Reader, Winter Stories and Poems

The Children's First reader, Book 3(third grade), Daisy's First Winter

Fifth Reader, How the Trees look in Winter.

Golden Treasury Readers: Fourth Reader, Woods in the Winter

American Poems: Whittier, Snowbound(high school)


Day by Day in the Primary School: The Winter Months(lesson plans)

The Sprague classic readers: Book Two(second grade), Edith's Idea of Winter

A fourth Reader, A Boisterous Winter Evening

Tell Me A Story: Winter - The Gray Hare Count Lyof N. Tolstoi 162;The Snow Image . Adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne 164;The Fire That Would Not Burn 173.

Knowles' Elocutionist: Employment of Winter Evenings by the Young(Middle school)

The Children's friend, Winter Birds(Mormon periodical)

The Guyot Geographical Reader and Primer: A Series of Journeys Round the World, In the Cold Countries of the North.(late elementray, early middle school)

Elementary Geography: A Text-book for Children, The Four Seasons


The Globe Geography Readers, The Seasons and Cold Lands(third or fourth grade)

Complete Geography(about fifth or sixth grade), In Eskimo Land

Graded Literary Readers(fourth)The Little Postboy, Swedish winter tale.

The Wide Awake Reader(third grade), Eskimo Children

Water Wonders Every Child Should Know: Little Studies of Dew, Frost, Snow

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The First Steps in Algebra/Google Books

The first steps in algebra
Author George Albert Wentworth
Publisher Ginn & company, 1908
Length 233 page
Overview

Sunday, January 10, 2010

The Gordon Reader Fourth Grade


The Gordon readers, Volume 4
The Gordon Readers, Emma K. Gordon
Author Emma K. Gordon
Publisher D. C. Heath & co., 1910
Overview

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Holton-Curry Second Readers

Holton-Curry Reader(second grade)


Authors Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry
Publisher Rand McNally & Co., 1914
Overview

Easy Star Lessons

Easy star lessons
Author Richard Anthony Proctor
Publisher G.P. Putnam's sons, 1882
Length 239 pages
Overview

Child's Christ-tales/Google Books


Child's Christ-tales
Author Andrea Hofer Proudfoot
Publisher A. Flanagan Co., 1896
Length 127 pages
Overview

Monday, January 4, 2010

The Land of the Long Night/Project Gutenberg

Good for learning geography of the Northern Europe(mid-elementary school level).

Click here.

School Arithmetics: Primary Book


School arithmetics: primary book
Author Florian Cajori
Publisher Macmillan, 1914
Length 285 pages
Overview

A Text-book of Physics/Google Books

A text-book of physics
Author George Albert Wentworth
Publisher Ginn & company, 1898
Length 440 pages
Overview

An Introductory Logic

An introductory logic
Author James Edwin Creighton
Publisher The Macmillan company, 1909
Length 520 pages
Overview

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