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* If you are familiar with current homeschooling theories such as Unschooling and Charlotte Mason, you will recognize much of those theories in here!
Basic principles

Follow nature
Uniformity in all things
Continuity sequence and serial order
Practice expression and sense impression
Popular and complete education. Pansophy. Encyclopedic training.

General method

Learn to do by doing
Present to as many senses as possible
Things before [...]

Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold
This 109 page public domain book from 1911, written in outline form, details the many educational theories and style of education that has evolved over the course of human history. It’s a very interesting read for anyone who is interested in a psychological overview of education and [...]

363 page free public domain book written in 1893.  Download it here.
From the Preface:
It is the purpose of this book to make good writers.
The extensive and constantly increasing use of the work as a text book demonstrates the confidence of teachers in the method which is its distinguishing feature. Based upon the educational maxim “Learn [...]

EVERYTHING in nature takes place according to laws.
This which is true of material things is also true of the operations of the mind. These follow laws of which we are not always aware. Language for instance follows laws of grammar and these laws in any particular language are the same whatever the subject may be [...]

The following article was found in Greek for Beginners … By Edward Gustin Coy, and written well over 100 years ago.  In it, the author discusses the value of rote memorization of facts and making use of a child’s active memory.  You can view and then download this entire free lesson book by clicking on [...]

Rhetoric is both a science and an art.
It is a science when it discovers and establishes the laws of discourse, an art when the laws are applied in practice. Rhetoric is therefore the science of the laws of effective discourse or the art of speaking and writing effectively.
The word Rhetoric was first applied to spoken [...]

The article below was found in Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold, written in 1911.  You can download this entire free book here.

Virtue

Possess the proper religious ideas.
Preserve the mind from notions of spirits goblins fearful apprehensions in the dark, etc.
Form the habit of exactly speaking the truth.
Develop good nature Injustice generally springs from [...]

The following 152 page textbook, Greek for Beginners, was published as a companion lesson text for 1884 Hadley-Allen Greek Grammar, a standard “classical text book”, used in the bygone days when all higher educated Americans learned Greek and studied the classics.  It was designed for the older beginning greek student (high school and beyond) includes [...]

This engaging, teacher-friendly guide provides the latest research on strategies, ideas, and resources for teaching Greek and Latin roots-prefixes, suffixes, and bases. It introduces the vocabulary learning strategies that will improve comprehension and content vocabulary knowledge. Change the way you teach vocabulary with this book and start students on the path to a lifelong enjoyment [...]

For this week’s Work’s for Me Wednesday (Hosted by Rocks in my Dryer) , I did a tutorial of Google books.
Being an avid reader (and lifelong book lover), I LOVE google books and use it all the time. I get quite giddy even thinking of all the books at my instant disposal. Many people haven’t yet [...]

This scarce antiquarian book is included in the special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and [...]

Thanksgiving Its Origin, Celebration and Significance
as Related in Prose and Verse
By Robert Haven Schauffler
This free historical book, written in 1915, features over 200 pages of information (in the form of stories and poems) the American Thanksgiving Day.  It would be a great addition to any November curriculum!
Download this entire book for free here.

The following article was found in the 1908 public domain book, A History of the Middle Ages By Dana Carleton Munro.  You can download this entire book for free by clicking on the link above!
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DURING the early middle ages teaching was done wholly by the clergy. In some of the towns and villages there were elementary [...]

Poems of american history By Burton Egbert Stevenson
This amazing poetry anthology, written in 1908 , offers poems written about America from Colonial times up through the turn of the 1900’s.  With 700 pages of poetry, there are literally hundreds of poems about any historical American subject you can think of!  It offers a very valuable [...]

Chronicles the history of man and civilization from primitive beginnings to the current day.
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The Story of Mankind
By Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Published by Boni and Liveright, 1921
489 pages
 
Read this entire book for free online here.