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REVISED EDITION.
THE
NATIONAL
FIRST READER ;
OR
WORD-BUILDER :
IN
TWO PARTS; THE FIRST, CONTAINING ONLY MONOSYLLABLES ;
THE SECOND, BOTH MONOSYLLABLES AND DISSYLLABLES.
BY RICHARD GREENE PARKER,
AND
J. MADISON WATSON.
S. BARNES & COMPANY,
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
1869.
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This schoolbook gives us ideas of what children did for fun - marbles, kites, hoops, and swings. Although they tend to be a bit too picture perfect, pictures in old school books can give us information about the daily life of children. This Reader has 2 whole sections on "Play"-"Plays for Girls" and "Plays for Boys." (See pictures on pages 79, 81 and 89 by clicking on the "Select a page" menu above.) Younger girls were allowed to play more roughly than teenaged schoolgirls. As they got older, they were supposed to do more "lady-like" activities. The picture of younger girls in this book shows them in more active play on the school grounds - running, swinging, and playing hoops and ring-toss. Note the one room schoolhouse in the background.
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"The National First Reader; or Word-Builder"
publisher A. S. Barnes and Company |
author Richard Greene Parker (1798-1869) |
date 1869 |
location New York |
height 6.75" |
width 4.5" |
process/materials printed paper, ink |
item type Books/Textbook / Schoolbooks |
accession # #L00.047 |
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