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This book is written by a mom and former homeschooled daughter from the late ’70s.  They introduce the reader to theclassical education method, a greek influenced liberal arts education  which involves training children based on the “Trivium” (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric stage / age progression).  A complete curriculum, including implementation advice and book lists, is laid out from kindergarten [...]

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 [...]

A Complete Latin Course for the First Year Comprising an Outline of Latin Grammar, and a Series of Progressive Exercises in Reading and Writing Latin, with Frequent Practice in Reading at Sight By Albert Harkness
This volume is intended to furnish the pupil a complete course for his first year in tha study of Latin.
It conducts [...]

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 [...]

Over 300 irregular infinitive (root) verbs along with their simple past and past participle are included in this chart of words from A-Z.

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 [...]

Are you looking for a quality publisher that has wonderful non-fiction living books that you can add to your home collection?
Usborne Publishing is the leading provider of colorful, children-friendly “teaching” picture books. While non-fiction learning is their main priority, they also provide many colorful fictional books, including classics, puzzles, games, and early reader books.
Popular “living [...]

The classical method evokes the midieval style of learning that focuses on the Trivium.  It is a liberal arts education, with loads of reading some of the “best works in literature in the western world”. 
This method focuses on teaching children according to ages and their mental stages - building upon one another as the child reaches [...]

About this Genre: This genre involves stories that reflect a wide range of societal structures, beliefs, ethics, attitudes, morals, abilities, ethnicities, family structures, and countries.
Importance: This genre helps challenge what children view as “normal” and shows them that there are more than one way of living life outside of a middle-class American suburbian existence. It [...]