The New England Primer was the first reading primer designed for the American colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in...
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used from the 13th to 16th centuries The New England Primer (1688), a Puritan book from Colonial America with morality-themed rhymes Primer (album), a...
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Alphabet book (redirect from School Primer)
21-2 New England Primer 1777 ed. online "The New England Primer, 1777 edition". www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018. "The New England Primer - Island...
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It presented the alphabet and several Catholic prayers. Other historical examples of primers for children include: The New England Primer (1680s) McGuffey...
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Christian child's prayer (redirect from Jesus Loves the Little Children)
be with me, that the Wicked Foe may have no power over me. Amen. Morning Prayer from the 1777 New England Primer: Almighty God the Maker of every thing...
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printed in The New England Primer goes: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my Soul to keep[;] If I should die before I 'wake, I pray the Lord my...
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of the hat was first shown in the 1727 edition of The New England Primer, and the term dunce's cap is recorded as early as 1791. The first use of the term...
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unite with England to form the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707; the crown of the new nation (along with the crown of Ireland) was subject to the rules laid...
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Children's literature (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
Another early book, The New England Primer, was in print by 1691 and used in schools for 100 years. The primer begins with "The young Infant's or Child's...
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Primary education (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference)
England Primer, known colloquially as "The Little Bible of New England". During Greek and Roman times, boys were educated by their mothers until the age...
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the title of The New England Primer. The Primer was built on rote memorization. By simplifying Calvinist theology, the Primer enabled the Puritan child...
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Protestants, retitled The New England Primer, be used as a textbook. This was the start of a secondary education system. In 1642, the Massachusetts Bay Colony...
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a figure of the Popish Plot in England who then moved to New England as an early journalist. He published the New England Primer, the first textbook...
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Abecedarium (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
Hebrew, and the Akathist hymn in Greek, in which distinct stanzas or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. The New England Primer, a schoolbook...
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Adams political family (redirect from The Adams Family)
and girls, conducted at a teacher's home, and was centered upon The New England Primer. Shortly thereafter, Adams attended Braintree Latin School under...
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Korah (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Korah is mentioned in the 1768 edition of The New England Primer. Here, as part of an alphabet, we read that "Proud Korah's...
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Education in the Thirteen Colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries varied considerably. Public school systems existed only in New England. In the 18th Century...
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Centerfire ammunition (redirect from Boxer primer)
firearms, where the primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i.e. "case head"). Unlike rimfire cartridges, the centerfire primer is typically...
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Character education (section The colonial period)
school. Character education in school in the United States began with the circulation of the New England Primer. Besides rudimentary instruction in reading...
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List of primary education systems by country (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference)
List of education articles by country List of schools by country The New England Primer 1620-1720 "Primary Education". www.edb.gov.hk. Retrieved 2018-02-08...
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Peter and Jane Spot the Dog McGuffey Readers The New England Primer Al-Qiraa Al-Khaldouniya Alfubei Nwe Closson, Troy (2023-05-09). "New York Is Forcing Schools...
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Noah Webster (category Abolitionists from New York City)
Webster's speller becoming what was to be the secular successor to The New England Primer with its explicitly biblical injunctions." Later in life, Webster...
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in the 14th century, particularly in England. While the contents of primers have varied dependent on edition, they often contained portions of the Psalms...
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2011. Crain, Patricia (2000-12-18). The Story of A: The Alphabetization of America from the New England Primer to the Scarlet Letter. Stanford University...
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John Cotton (minister) (category 17th-century New England Puritan ministers)
for Boston Babes. The last is considered the first children's book by an American; it was incorporated into The New England Primer around 1701 and remained...
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Occasioned by the Death of [...] John Alden, English Colonial American (Massachusetts) Benjamin Harris, compiler, The New England Primer, English Colonial...
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French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana. LSU Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-8071-3036-0. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024...
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New Hampshire (/ˈhæmpʃər/ HAMP-shər) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont...
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Cartridge (firearms) (section Primer)
powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading...
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John Adams (redirect from 2nd President of the United States)
Essex, England, around 1638. Adams's formal education began at age six at a dame school, conducted at a teacher's home and centered on The New England Primer...
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