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Free Read McGuffey and His Readers: Piety, morality, and education in nineteenth-century America - by John H. Westerhoff III
388 John H. Westerhoff III

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I must admit I didn t finish this book A large section toward the end includes some sample pages from various editions of the Readers, and some essays by McGuffey I may at some point see if I can track down a copy of one or of the complete Readers, but I wasn t inclined to read extensive sections at this time With that said, the information Mr Westerhoff provides on McGuffey is quite impressive He helps us to understand the mindset that brought about the Readers, the comparison to other childre [...]
An interesting and short biography of the man who created the readers used in most American schools for quite a long time They were full of Christian principles that would never be seen in schools today Progress is not always a good thing.
Very interesting perspective on curriculum used in the 1800 s in our schools vs now