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Third Book Of Lessons For The Use Of Schools - Softcover

A. Thom

 
9780371604519: Third Book Of Lessons For The Use Of Schools

Synopsis

Third Book Of Lessons For The Use Of Schools. This volume is a collection of diverse lessons intended for school readers. It combines religious and moral instruction with practical knowledge across many subjects, including natural history, geography and descriptive outlines, money matters, grammar, farming, manufactures, stories and fables, poems, and biblical scripture history. The contents are presented as lesson sets (Religious and Moral Lessons; Geographical and Descriptive Outlines; Outlines of Grammar; Lessons on Farming; Manufactures; Stories and Fables; Scripture History; etc.), many with short narratives, dialogues, or illustrated explanations, designed to accompany or supplement early reading and grammar instructions. The Preface explains the miscellany approach: there is no continuous connected text; instead, selections and didactic pieces are organized by topic, with occasional references to classical and biblical sources. The work reflects mid-19th-century Irish educational publishing and aims to cultivate literacy, moral sensibility, and general knowledge for children in national schools.

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