The American Spelling Book
9781557094698
Regular price $14.95 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Discover one of the most influential textbooks of all time, considered the third-best selling book of all time in America and the most cherished guide to spelling in American history.
With its distinctive blue cover, it earned the nickname the blue-backed speller and was used over the span of nearly a century. This lovingly reproduced hardback is an exact reproduction of Noah Webster's 1824 edition of the American Spelling Book. An essential gift for any history or language lover, this guide remains an inspiration for new generations of spellers today.
All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall
9781626197626
Regular price $29.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%My First Reading Log
9781938700293
Regular price $14.95 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Record all the books you read together with the child you love in this keepsake reading log. In these pages you will preserve a lifetime of unforgettable memories. The hours, days, and years you spend reading together will greatly influence who your child becomes. This book has spaces to record a thousand books. It seems like a mountain, but it's easy to read a thousand books when you make reading aloud to your child a daily habit. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and others who read aloud to children create a wonderful bond and encourage children to learn, grow, and succeed, while developing a love of reading that can last a lifetime. Watch your child grow a thousand stories tall!
My First Reading Log includes: Reward stickers to celebrate reading milestones, a four-foot growth chart to measure reading progress, fun and colorful illustrations, tips, and inspiring quotes throughout.
African American Education in Washington, DC
9781540299604
Regular price $34.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Secondary education for African Americans in Washington, DC, marked a defining moment in the history of a people less than a decade removed from chattel slavery and legally prohibited from learning. In 1862, when legislation passed creating a “colored” school system, an educational foundation had been laid; by the decade’s end, thousands of people had received a basic education, and thousands more were in need.
A high school was needed to train grammar school graduates to teach in the rapidly growing system, which ultimately became a catalyst for academic excellence. When the first courses for Preparatory High School for Colored Youth were organized in a church basement in 1870, Black youth embarked on a journey of life-changing academic and personal growth. Many graduates not only became notable in fields ranging from arts to sciences, but even more helped to expand the city’s school system. Armstrong, Dunbar, and Cardozo High Schools emerged from this segregated system, each offering rigorous academic curriculums while shaping students’ civic, social, and physical development.
Alice K. Thomas, educated in Washington, DC, holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and a master’s degree and doctorate in sociology. She writes and lectures on topics related to the experiences of African Americans. Her encounters with DC graduates often lead to nostalgic stories of the “good old days.”
Sweet Briar College
9781467134699
Regular price $34.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%On October 29, 1900, Indiana Fletcher Williams died, leaving her 8,000-acre plantation estate and almost $1 million to create the Sweet Briar Institute.
Later renamed Sweet Briar College, it was founded by Williams to honor her daughter, Maria Georgiana Daisy Williams, who died tragically in 1884 at age 16. For over a century, Sweet Briar has recruited dedicated faculty and staff to teach exceptional students. The school's award-winning lands include old-growth forests, rare arboreal and floral species, scenic hiking and riding trails, and two lakes. Complementing these natural resources are beautiful campus buildings, many of which are listed in national and state historic registers. Each of these features is rare for a college campus; taken together, they compose the rich physical and community heritage of a historic college that celebrates its 115th birthday in 2016
William Carey University
9781467127042
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