McGuffey Readers

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Cover of William Holmes McGuffey's fifth school reader.

McGuffey, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Ohio University, Athens

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Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

9 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

McGuffey Readers: Media

elementary school reading books

Images

Cover of William Holmes McGuffey's fifth school reader.

Cover of William Holmes McGuffey's fifth school reader.

McGuffey, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Ohio University, Athens

McGuffey, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Ohio University,...

Courtesy of Ohio University, Athens