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| Title | Think-And-Do-Book (p. 22) |
| Author | Gray, William S. (William Scott), 1885-1960; Monroe, Marion, 1898-1983 |
| Publisher | Scott, Foresman and Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--Illinois--Chicago |
| Publication Date | 1940 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Notes | A workbook for children with instructions to the teacher on each page. Each page is perforated and is meant to be torn out and used by the student as a worksheet.
Created to accompany the pre-primers "We look and see, " "We work and play, " and "We come and go" in the Dick and Jane series of readers.
This page depicts Mother and Father working. The Mother is depicted sweeping, sewing, washing and ironing. The Father is seen washing the car, raking, fixing furniture, cutting the grass, and trimming the hedge. According to the instructions to the teacher on the edge of the page, the purpose of this exercise is to "broaden the meaning of the word work; to develop ability to interpret verbal text more fully by associating pictures with it; to give practice in reading the words 'works, ' 'Mother, ' and 'Father.'" |
| Contextual Notes | The Dick and Jane series was used in the United States to teach children to read from the 1930's to the 1970s and relied on sight reading and repetition. When studies increasingly supported phonics as a more effective method of learning to read, the series became less popular. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Reading (Elementary) |
| Category | Activity books
Primers (Instructional books)
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0757 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 80 p.: illustrated; 30 x 22.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 6.19 |
