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Holton-Curry Reader
The Holton-Curry Reader is a basal reader in 8 volumes for the elementary grades, which was published by Rand McNally in 1914, compiled by Martha Adelaide Holton and Charles Madison Curry Charles Madison Curry (1869–1944) was an English literature professor and an author and reviewer of children's literature in the late 19th century and early 20th century The 20th (twentieth) century began on January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ende .... References American children's book series {{Child-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Men And Elephant
The parable of the blind men and an elephant is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and imagine what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant's body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the elephant based on their limited experience and their descriptions of the elephant are different from each other. In some versions, they come to suspect that the other person is dishonest and they come to blows. The moral of the parable is that humans have a tendency to claim absolute truth based on their limited, subjective experience as they ignore other people's limited, subjective experiences which may be equally true. The parable originated in the ancient Indian subcontinent, from where it has been widely diffused. The Buddhist text ''Tittha Sutta, Udāna 6.4, Khuddaka Nikaya'', contains one of the earliest versions of the story. The Tittha sutta is dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basal Reader
Basal readers are textbooks used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Commonly called "reading books" or "readers" they are usually published as anthologies that combine previously published short stories, excerpts of longer narratives, and original works. A standard basal series comes with individual identical books for students, a ''Teacher's Edition'' of the book, and a collection of workbooks, assessments, and activities. Description Basal readers are typically organized. Stories are chosen to illustrate and develop specific skills, which are taught in a pre-determined sequence. The teacher's editions are also tightly organized, containing much more than the answer key to the questions that usually appear at the end of each reading passage. The teacher's book also contains suggestions for pre-reading and post-reading activities and assessments, as well as scripted questions to ask students at specific points in a story. History Basal readers have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rand McNally
Rand McNally is an American technology and publishing company that provides mapping, software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation and education markets. The company is headquartered in Chicago, with a distribution center in Richmond, Kentucky. History Early history In 1856, William H. Rand opened a printing shop in Chicago and two years later hired a newly arrived Irish immigrant, Andrew McNally, to work in his shop. The shop did big business with the forerunner of the ''Chicago Tribune'', and in 1859 Rand and McNally were hired to run the ''Tribune''s entire printing operation. In 1868, the two men, along with Rand's nephew George Amos Poole, established Rand McNally & Co. and bought the Tribune's printing business. The company initially focused on printing tickets and timetables for Chicago's booming railroad industry, and the following year supplemented that business by publishing complete railroad guides. In 1870, the company expanded into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Adelaide Holton
Martha Adelaide Holton (October 13, 1859 – January 6, 1947) was an American children's fiction author of the late 19th century and early 20th century. She was supervisor of Primary Education in the Minneapolis Public Schools for 10 years. She wrote the ''Holton Primer'' (1901). She cowrote ''Industrial Work for Public Schools'' (1904) with Alice F. Rollins, which describes a variety of construction projects in different mediums: cardboard, paper, clay, weaving, whittling, sewing and iron work. She worked with Charles Madison Curry to create the Holton-Curry Reader, a basal reader in 8 volumes for the elementary grades, which was published by Rand McNally in 1914. Holton was born in Eaton, New York Eaton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 5,255 at the 2010 census. The Town of Eaton is in the south-central part of the county. US Route 20 passes across the northern part of the town. History The town w ..., to Joseph Holton and Martha, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Madison Curry
Charles Madison Curry (1869–1944) was an English literature professor and an author and reviewer of children's literature in the late 19th century and early 20th century The 20th (twentieth) century began on January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nuclear .... He was a Professor of English and Literature at Indiana State Normal School (now Indiana State University) and authored the school's Alma Mater in 1925. He edited ''Literary Readings: An Introduction to the Study of Literature'' (1903). He created with Martha Adelaide Holton, the Holton-Curry Reader, a basal reader in 8 volumes for the elementary grades, which was published by Rand McNally in 1914. References External links Online Books by Charles Madison Curry 19th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 1869 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
