Curated OER
A Fibonacci Primer
Upper graders explore the Fibonacci sequence. They examine the characteristics of the Fibonacci sequence, list the properties of the sequence and determine how it connects to Pythagorean Triples. Related thinking questions are included.
Other
History 341: Colonial America: 1807 Copy of a New England Primer
An excellent facsimile copy of The New England Primer from 1807. (Site has links to individual pages.)
Other
History 341: Colonial America: 1805 Copy of the New England Primer
Clickable index for the full text of the 1805 New England Primer, a textbook that made public education possible in the early United States.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University:bay Psalm Book (1640) and New England Primer (1683)
Essay discussing the Bay Psalm Book (1640) and the New England Primer (1683). Topics include: Classroom Issues and Strategies; Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues; Significant Form, Style, Artistic Conventions;...
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History, Definitions,& Techniques of Oil Painting
Artist Ron Sanders presents a comprehensive look at oil colors and painting techniques prior to the 20th century. Explanation of mediums, grounds, supports, pigments, techniques and much more. Quotes from and about master artists and...
Stanford University
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab
Provides a complete description of the facility and the research that goes on there. The "Synchrotron Radiation Primer" describes the basics of the topic.
University of Notre Dame
History of American Education: New England Primer
Short background, history, and explanation of the New England Primer with an example of the alphabet rhyme.
Other
Our Great Heritage: Family and Country
This is a family association site which discusses, in its history, the use of textbooks in education - one of these being the New England Primer. Need to scroll down to New England Primer (#2).
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: New England Primer
Taken from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes. This is just one section of that book which discusses the New England Primer.