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  2. McGuffey Readers - Wikipedia

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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 16. 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.

  3. Fourth wall - Wikipedia

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    While the audience can see through this "wall", the convention assumes the actors act as if they cannot. From the 16th century onward, the rise of illusionism in staging practices, which culminated in the realism and naturalism of the theatre of the 19th century, led to the development of the fourth wall concept. [1] [2]

  4. Educational stage - Wikipedia

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    Educational stages are subdivisions of formal learning, typically covering early childhood education, primary education, secondary education and tertiary education.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognizes nine levels of education in its International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) system (from Level 0 (pre-primary education) through Level 8 ...

  5. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards, as article. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (June 2024) First Lady Barbara Bush with New York City school children at the UNESCO International Literacy Day celebration in 1989 (the same year that the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy was launched) Adult literacy in the United ...

  6. Content-based instruction - Wikipedia

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    Hence, in a CBI course the focus of learning is not on learning of a language in isolation, but rather learning of language through the study of subject matter. [1] A CBI curriculum is based on a subject matter core, uses authentic language and texts, and is guided by learner needs. [ 1 ]

  7. KJP1, I've just clocked this.A delightful piece of work and a pleasure to pick one's way through. There is much fun to be had from tut-tutting at the inclusion of buildings that would be better dynamited (such as the Festival Hall) and at the scandalous omission of one's favourites.

  8. Walls of Old San Juan - Wikipedia

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    The Walls of Old San Juan (Spanish: Murallas del Viejo San Juan) is a defensive city wall that surrounds the western end of the San Juan Islet, site of the historic district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This defensive wall system was built between the 16th and 18th centuries to protect the city and the Bay of San Juan , a highly strategic point in ...

  9. English literature - Wikipedia

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    English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world.The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. [1] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English.