Chapters (413)
- OUR HOME AND PERSONAL DUTY
- CIVICS FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN
- Habit Formation
- Dramatization
- Community Servants
- Public Servants
- Training for Citizenship
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- PART I CIVIC VIRTUES
- THE LITTLE PRAIRIE DOGS AND OLD MR. WOLF
- I.
- II.
- III.
- QUESTIONS
- DON’T GIVE UP
- THE BRIDGE OF THE SHALLOW PIER
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- MEMORY GEM
- QUESTIONS
- THE THOUGHTFUL BOY
- GRANDFATHER’S STORY
- I.
- II.
- III.
- QUESTIONS
- HONEST ABE
- I. The Broken Buck-horn
- II. The Rain-soaked Book
- III. The Young Storekeeper
- DRY RAIN AND THE HATCHET
- I. How Dry Rain Got His Name
- II. Dry Rain Goes Trading
- QUESTIONS
- MEMORY GEMS
- THE SEVEN CRANBERRIES
- QUESTIONS
- THE DONKEY’S TAIL
- HURTING A GOOD FRIEND
- QUESTIONS
- MEMORY GEM
- A SCHOOL WITHOUT A TEACHER
- What Might Happen if Books and Bells Could Talk
- QUESTIONS
- MEMORY GEMS
- OUR FLAG
- SCOUTS’ PLEDGE
- MY GIFT
- FLAG DAY
- HOW OUR FLAG DEVELOPED
- QUESTIONS
- THE FLAG OF THE U. S. A.
- THE AMERICAN FLAG
- STORIES TEACHING KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
- THE TRUE STORY OF CHEESEY
- I. The Dog and the Policeman
- II. The Policeman’s Story
- III. Cheesey’s Christmas Presents
- THE CHAINED DOG
- QUESTIONS
- MEMORY GEM
- LITTLE LOST PUP
- THE HUNTING PARTY
- QUESTIONS
- THE LOST KITTY
- QUESTIONS
- MY PECULIAR KITTY
- POOR LITTLE JOCKO
- I.
- II.
- QUESTIONS
- ROBIN REDBREAST
- WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
- QUESTIONS
- MY FRIEND, MR. ROBIN
- QUESTIONS
- IF ALL THE BIRDS SHOULD DIE
- QUESTIONS
- FURRY
- QUESTIONS
- I.
- II.
- III.
- THE GROCER’S HORSE
- I. The Careless Driver
- II. What Happened in the Barn
- QUESTIONS
- A LETTER FROM A HORSE
- A PLEA FOR THE HORSE
- QUESTIONS
- I.
- II.
- III.
- PART II COMMUNITY OCCUPATIONS
- STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE US WITH FOOD
- THE BAKER
- I. An Early Call
- II. The Staff of Life
- III. A Visit to the Bakery
- IV. Where the Wheat Comes From
- QUESTIONS
- BAKING THE JOHNNY-CAKE
- THE MILKMAN
- I. Before the Sun Rises
- II. Milk, from Farm to Family
- QUESTIONS
- THE GROCER
- I. The Old-time Grocer
- II. The Modern Grocer
- QUESTIONS
- STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HELP CLOTHE US THE TAILOR
- I. The Accident
- II. At the Tailor Shop
- III. What the Tailor Saved the Duwell Family
- QUESTIONS
- THE DRESSMAKER
- I. An Invitation to a Party
- II. A Disappointment
- III. At the Dressmaker’s
- IV. The Party
- QUESTIONS
- THE SILK DRESS
- THE SHOEMAKER
- I. The Worn Shoes
- II. Shoemakers Who Became Famous
- III. At the Shoemaker’s Shop
- QUESTIONS
- STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO SUPPLY US WITH SHELTER
- THE CARPENTER
- I. A Trip into the Country
- II. The Sawmill
- III. The Carpenter
- IV. The Wolf’s Den
- V. The Cave Dwellers
- QUESTIONS
- THE BRICKLAYER
- I. The Fallen Chimney
- II. The Bricklayer
- III. After School
- QUESTIONS
- THE PLUMBER, THE PLASTERER, THE PAINTER
- I. A Visit to a Little Town
- II. At Home
- III. The New Kitchen
- QUESTIONS
- STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO SUPPLY US WITH FUEL THE COAL MAN AND THE MINER
- I. Black Diamonds
- II. In a Coal Mine
- QUESTIONS
- STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR OUR HEALTH
- THE DENTIST
- I. Why Ruth Was Afraid
- II. At the Dentist’s
- QUESTIONS
- THE DRUGGIST, THE NURSE, AND THE DOCTOR
- I. The Sick Baby
- II. The Druggist
- III. The Trained Nurse
- IV. The Doctor, a Hero
- QUESTIONS
- The Druggist
- The Nurse
- The Doctor
- ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE A Play
- Parts to be taken by Pupils
- PART III THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Junior Membership and School Activities
- THE JUNIOR RED CROSS
- A PROCLAMATION
- THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN TIMES OF PEACE
- THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN TIMES OF WAR
- BEFORE THE DAYS OF THE RED CROSS
- Florence Nightingale
- HOW THE RED CROSS CAME TO BE
- QUESTIONS
- I
- II
- HOW I CAN HELP THE RED CROSS IN TIME OF WAR AND IN TIME OF PEACE
- THE LADY OF THE LAMP A PLAY
- Act I. The Sick Doll
- Act II. Good Old Cap
- Act III. The Lady of the Lamp
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