Reader for new Americans, book one

Book One By

JOHN A. LONG

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, CHICAGO FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF THE HAMMOND EVENING SCHOOL, CHICAGO

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO

BOSTON ATLANTA

Copyright, 1923

By AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY All rights reserved

Reader for New Americans, Bk. One

MADE IN U. S. A.

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Preface

Teaching adults to speak, read, and write the English language is not the same as teaching English-speaking children to read and write a language they already speak. While the method is much the same as the child uses when he learns to speak, a close association of the word with the object it represents, the matter is wholly different. Adults, no matter what language they speak, have adult interests, and must, therefore, have adult matter placed before them; or, if it is the same matter as that placed before children, it must be viewed from the adult standpoint.

Another difference between children and adults is the rapidity with which the adult advances. He does not need the continuous repetition and constant review of subject matter that the child does. His interests and experiences are already organized, and he needs only the English terms with which to express them.

Book One of the Reader for New Americans attempts to give to the student the English of the everyday experiences of ordinary adult life. It is in two Parts. Part One deals with those experiences that gather closely about the individ¬ ual and the home. Part Two deals with the experiences of the larger community with which the adult is surrounded.

The reading of Book One ought to give to the learner a knowledge of the English language sufficient to enable him to read those lessons in American history and American government which are essential to intelligent American citizenship.

Part One Page

Myself.11

What I Have.12

The Family.13

Having and Doing.14

What I Can Do.15

The Schoolroom.16

In the Schoolroom.19

What We Wear.20

Money.22

A Review.23

Action.24

Seeing and Doing.25

Talking.26

Christopher Columbus.27

Questions.28

The Family.30

Foods.32

Cooking.33

Joints.34

Action.35

Where.35

Day and Night. 37

Washing.38

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Meals ..3 9

Days of the Week.40

Vegetables. 4I

Colors # 42

Questions and Answers.42

Nursery Rimes.44

The House.48

The Months . 49

The Grocery.50

The Meat Market.51

The Book.52

Questions and Answers.53

The Iceman.54

The Pilgrims.56

The Milkman.57

Baking.58

Fruits.59

Counting.60

The Doctor.61

The Postman.63

Letters . . . 64

The Bathroom.65

The Drygoods Store.66

Measuring.67

Mending.68

The Street Cleaner.70

The Blacksmith. 7 °

The Tailor. 7 1

Poultry. 7 2

Nursery Rimes. 73

The Flag

Time ....

Garbage ....

A Talk with the Doctor The Carpenter The Blind Man The Painter .

The Shoemaker The Park The Plasterer The Street Car The Plumber .

Be Clean Be Careful The Policeman The Fireman . ...

Holidays ....

America ....

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84 86

91 94 96

PART TWO The New Year.97

Heating our Houses. 98

Mining Coal.99

Lighting our Houses. 101

Lighting the Streets.102

The Cow.103

Dairies.104

The Horse.105

Stone. 108

The Drugstore.109

The Bakery .no

Automobiles.. . . .111

The Earth. 112

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A Tailor Shop.113

The Laundry.114

The Farmer.115

The Hardware Store.116

The Poles of the Earth.118

Gardens and Orchards . . 119

Restaurants.. . .120

Hospitals.122

The City of Washington.123

Hotels.124

Corn Fields.125

Street Cars and Elevated Trains.126

Land and Water.127

Bones of the Body.128

Fables.129

Coffee.130

Wheat, Oats, and Hay.132

Shoe Factories.133

Market Gardens.134

Muscles and Skin . 135

The United States.136

School Doctors and Nurses.137

Banks.138

Mills.140

Food, Air, and Blood.141

The City Council.142

Sheep Ranches.143

The Mayor ..144

Teeth. J 45

Newspapers.. • .146

PAGE

Cotton. 147

Mountains and Rivers of the United States . . . 148

Cotton Cloth . 149

Streets and Boulevards.15°

City Sewers.15 1

Wool and Linen Cloth.152

Cities of the United States.153

The Governor.154

State Legislatures.155

The Police Department.156

Prunes, Raisins, and Dates.157

The Parks of the City.158

The Telephone.160

Congress.161

The President.162

The Post Office Department.162

Independence Day.165

The Liberty Bell.166

Silk.167

The Hare and the Tortoise.168

The Wind and the Sun.168

Memorial Day.169

Abraham Lincoln, the Boy.170

Abraham Lincoln, the Young Man.171

Abraham Lincoln, the President.172

The Building Department.174

Want Ads.175

The Fire Department.176

Public Schools.176

Signs You See on the Street.179

The Public Library.180

The Department of Health.180

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Packing Houses.182

Bananas and Oranges.183

Writing a Letter.184

An Ax to Grind.185

Gold and Silver.186

Salt.187

Rice.187

Lumbering.188

Largest in the World.191

Father Is Coming (Poem).194

George Washington.195

Lead, Tin, and Copper.198

George Washington and His Hatchet . . . .199

Taxes.199

Feathers, Fur, and Clothing.200

Railroad Trains.201

Ocean Steamers.202

City Courts. 203

Voting.204

Potatoes and Tobacco.205

Clouds.206

Insects . . . 207

Fishes.209

Oysters.210

Liquids and Solids.211

Names of Young Animals.211

The Sun, Moon, and Stars.212

Cranberries. 2I 3

Peanuts. 2I 3

States of the United States.214

Abbreviations. • • • *215

The Ant and the Grasshopper . . . . . .216

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Occupations . 216

Ponce de Leon.218

Balboa.218

De Soto.219

Squanto.219

Subtraction.220

Multiplication.221

Possession.222

The Elephant.223

The Star-Spangled Banner.224

Spelling Lessons

Language Exercises

Lessons about Numbers

READER FOR NEW AMERICANS