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    the Readers were brothers William Holmes McGuffey and Alexander Hamilton McGuffey. William created the first four readers and Alexander McGuffey created...
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    Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the...
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  • McGuffey may refer to: William Holmes McGuffey, American writer The McGuffey Readers, written by William Holmes McGuffey McGuffey, Ohio, a town in the...
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    William Holmes McGuffey (1800–1873) from then until 1836. It is believed to be the site where he wrote the first four of the McGuffey Readers, widely popular...
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  • the phonics-based McGuffey Readers, which were popular from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, and the Elson Basic Readers. William Scott Gray...
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  • workbook. Basal readers have been in use in the United States since the mid-1860s, beginning with a series called the McGuffey Readers.[citation needed]...
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    William Holmes and Alexander Hamilton McGuffey, who edited the McGuffey Readers. Their mother Anna Holmes McGuffey provided their earliest education and...
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  • book used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren McGuffey Readers, a well-known early series of such books Anthology, a book of selections...
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    test, abc.net.au, 2019-06-29". ABC News. 29 June 2019. William McGuffey (1999). McGuffey's Eclectic Primer. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-29428-4. Goodman...
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  • McGuffey (August 13, 1816 – June 3, 1896) was an editor of the fifth and sixth of the series of McGuffey Readers. His brother William Holmes McGuffey...
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    McGuffey (1800-1873), lived for much of his youth. McGuffey is best known as the creator of the McGuffey Readers, a hugely popular set of educational primers...
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    The hall was named after William Holmes McGuffey, father of the McGuffey Readers textbook series. McGuffey Hall housed the School of Education (known...
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  • Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-170670-X. Federer, William Joseph (1996), "William Holmes McGuffey", America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations, Amerisearch, p...
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  • examples of primers for children include: The New England Primer (1680s) McGuffey Readers (1836) in the US Bala Potam (Lessons for Children, 1850 & 1851) by...
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    into Hebrew. By 1879, the poem was included in the sixth edition of McGuffey Readers. Calhoun also notes that "A Psalm of Life" has become one of the most...
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  • collection, which Bennett conceived as a modern-day version of the McGuffey's Readers. The Book of Virtues was published in November 1993 by Simon & Schuster...
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  • program for farm boys. William Holmes McGuffey joined the faculty in 1826, and began his work on the McGuffey Readers while in Oxford. By 1834 the faculty...
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  • series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described...
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    McGuffey High School is one of four schools that make up the McGuffey School District in rural Claysville, Pennsylvania, located approximately 30 miles...
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    write and spell from Noah Webster's Blue Backed Speller and later the McGuffey Readers. The readings inculcated moral values as well as literacy. Most states...
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    and collegiate-level textbooks. It is best known for publishing the McGuffey Readers, which sold 120 million copies between 1836 and 1960. American Book...
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  • by far the most common textbook from the 1790s until 1836, when the McGuffey Readers appeared. Both series emphasized civic duty and morality, and sold...
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  • movement led to the creation of the McGuffey Readers. American Enlightenment Skrabec, Quentin R. (2009). William McGuffey: Mentor to American Industry. Algora...
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    very conservative schools. Some supply reprints of early editions of McGuffey Readers to Swartzentruber schools.: 208–209  The Dick and Jane series from...
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    Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 June 2019. William McGuffey (1999-05-04). McGuffey's Eclectic Primer. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471294284. Goodman...
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    Famously William Holmes McGuffey joined the faculty of Miami in 1826, and began his work on the McGuffey Readers while in Oxford. McGuffey resigned in 1836 and...
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  • coach John Harbaugh was inducted in their Hall of Fame in 2014. The McGuffey Reader, the Mother of Fraternities, The Miami Triad (Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta...
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  • novelist, author William Matthews – poet William Holmes McGuffey – educator, author of McGuffey Readers Karen Marie Moning – paranormal romance/thriller author...
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  • the Graham Expeditionary Middle School), opened in Columbus in 1909. McGuffey Readers was a leading textbook originating from the state and found throughout...
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    19th century, the McGuffey Readers sold 120 million copies and were studied by most American students. Skrabec (2009) argues the Readers "hailed American...
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