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Cover of McGuffey's First Reader. The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.
William 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 first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks.
Basal readers have been in use in the United States since the mid-1860s, beginning with a series called the McGuffey Readers. [citation needed] In the McGuffey Readers, the first book focused on teaching Phonics thoroughly, while later readers introduced other vocabulary, including non-phonetic “sight words”. This was the first reader ...
William wrote the first four readers, and was believed to have had assistance from Alexander McGuffey, who wrote the Fifth and Sixth Reader. [4] [1] [5] He entered into a contract with W. B. Smith on September 30, 1841 to create a rhetorical reading book. The McGuffey’s Rhetorical Guide or Fifth Reader of the Eclectic Series was published in ...
Alexander McGuffey was born on November 22, 1767, in Wigtownshire in the southwestern corner of Scotland. [1] His parents were Ann McKittrick and William McGuffey. Nicknamed "Scotch Billy", his father was a farmer and a clobber, [2] which could mean that he painted pottery to look like oriental ceramics [3] or that he repaired shoes with glue. [4]
An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public. Many open textbooks are distributed in either print, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost.
The writer offers no proof, and just spouts a nasty, hateful lie about McGuffey's readers being racist. The Readers offer wholesome commentary on life and living and have people helping people- even foreigners who don't speak English (page 71 3rd reader.)72.154.167.142 14:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
It is the location where William H. 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. The site, now a regional park known as the McGuffey Wildlife Preserve, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. [2]