Yesterday's Schools and Books: A Looking Glass for Teachers of Today [Paging Our Yesterdays]

128 pp. Covers the three Rs and elementary texts from the days of the New England Primer and MacGuffey's Reader down to the present time. Emphasis, however, is centered in the 19th century shift from didactic moralizing to child-centered interest. Replete with facsimile pages from the priceless museum collection and ideal for children's literature courses, chapter headings include Primer and Readers, Arithmetics, Spellers, Histories and Grammars, Geographies, Schoolbooks after 1850 and conclusions for present day educators.