Category: History - American

Special Days and Their Observance September 1919

Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 9 Opening Exercises 11 Morning Exercises, Jennie Haver 13 Morning Exercises, Florence L. Farber 24 Opening Exercises, Louis H. Burch 27 Columbus Day, J. Cayce Morrison 33 Thanksgiving Day, Roy L. Shaffer 59 Lincoln's Birthday, Charles A. Philhower 69...

Chapters

11. Part 11

O Greeks of Marathon, room for us! Through Chateau Thierry and the wood of Argonne we have come up to stand by your side, and dare to call you Brothers.

9. Part 9

It is believed that Arbor Day may not only be devoted to the consideration of the value of trees and forests, including, of course, the planting of trees and shrubs, but that it...

6. Part 6

Get from the children what they know about Lincoln. Add to this until they know something of his life, laying emphasis on his kindness, obedience, thoughtfulness, bravery. Hint...

7. Part 7

Attention should be given to the great statue of Lincoln before the Court House in Newark, New Jersey. It presents our most admired statesman seated on a bench absorbed in thoug...

2. Part 2

The patriotic note should be found in every morning exercise and some periods should be devoted entirely to patriotic selections. The national hymns should be learned from the f...

4. Part 4

The noblemen, one by one, come in with great dignity, go to the front of the throne, kneel and salute with their swords. Then they go to the right of the stage.

5. Part 5

One noteworthy fact is the relations that existed between the Pilgrims and the Indians. At this first Thanksgiving feast King Massasoit and ninety of his warriors were present....

12. Part 12

Old Glory: the story we're wanting to hear Is what the plain facts of your christening were-- For your name--just to hear it, Repeat it, and cheer it, 's tang to the spirit As s...

10. Part 10

Have the reading classes read about birds, gardening, trees, lawns, weeds, etc. Use the newer words in spelling exercises. Let boys and girls both make bird-houses at home. Thes...

3. Part 3

The story of Columbus is a story of romance, of patient perseverance, of high endeavor, of noble resolve--a story that grips and thrills. Every boy and every girl who feels the...

8. Part 8

Nothing but harmony, honest industry, and frugality are necessary to make us a great people. First impressions are generally the most lasting. It is therefore absolutely necessa...

1. Part 1

Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 9 Opening Exercises 11 Morning Exercises, Jennie Haver 13 Morning Exercises, Florence L. Farber 24 Opening Exercises, Louis H. Burch 27 Columbus Day,...

13. Part 13

Adams, John, 107 Address to America, Walt Whitman, 54 After the great companions, Frank Crane, 134 America, William Cullen Bryant, 55 America's answer, R. W. Lillard, 138 Arbor...