McGuffey+Reader++B


 * Did the first textbooks raise the standards of student learning? **


 * Discovered by a publishing company in Ohio in 1833
 * The first textbook of McGuffey’s was published in 1841, and introduced children to McGuffey’s ethical code.
 * Model was prompt, good, kind, honest, truthful.
 * Books varied depending on volume
 * Ethics; academics and duties of youth; jr high rules for oral reading; literature-Bible, British poetry; poetry and exercises to analyze sentences; biblical and philosophical references.
 * “eclectic”- information came from different sources
 * “remarkable literary works”; influenced as much as the Bible
 * Jumpstarted high education standards

Payne, Shannon. "The McGuffey Readers-1836 Original Version." //The Mcguffey Readers//. N.p.. Web. 17 Sep 2013. .