Category: A First Book in American History
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Young George Washington
George Washington was born in a plain, old-fashioned house in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on the twenty-second day of February, 1732. He was sent to what was called an “old field school.” The country schoolhouses in Virginia at that time were built in fields too much worn out to grow anything. Little George Washington went to…
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The Great Doctor Franklin
After a time, Franklin started a printing office of his own. He was very much in debt for his printing press and types. To pay for them he worked very hard. Men saw him at work when they got up in the morning, and when they went to bed at night the candle in his…
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Something about the Great Civil War
Soon after Abraham Lincoln became President, there broke out the civil war, which caused the death of many hundreds of thousands of brave men and brought sorrow to nearly every home in the United States. Perhaps none of those who study this book will ever see so sad a time. But it was also a…
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Weekly Recap of Articles for Christians Jan 4th to Jan 10th
Bible Education Cooking/ House Keeping Estudio Bíblico en Español
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Franklin, the Printer
When Ben Franklin left his brother, he tried in vain to get a place in one of the other printing offices in Boston. But James Franklin had sent word to the other printers not to take Benjamin into their employ. There was no other town nearer than New York large enough to support a printing…
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Boyhood of Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, the youngest in a family of seventeen children, was born in Boston in 1706. Benjamin learned to read when he was very young, but he was only sent to school for two years. When he was ten years old he had to help his father. Franklin’s father made his living by boiling soap…
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Bacon and his Men
In 1676, just a hundred years before the American Revolution, the people of Virginia were very much oppressed by Sir William Berkeley, the governor appointed by the king of England. Their property was taken away by unjust taxes and in other ways. The governor had managed to get all the power into his own hands…
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Engaging Children’s Books, Fun Facts and Delicious Recipes
This resource collection for children promotes learning through engaging books, fun facts, and simple recipes that inspire curiosity and imagination.
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Captain Church in Philip’s War
The colonists had not learned how to fight the Wampanoag and Narragansett Indians, who moved swiftly from place to place, and hid themselves in the darkest swamps. But at last the man was found who could battle with the American Indians in their own way. This was Captain Benjamin Church. Church could not only fight…
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Metacomet (King Philip)
When the Pilgrims first came to New England, they found that the nearest tribe of American Indians, the Wam-pa-no’-ags of which Massasoit was chief, had been much reduced in number by a dreadful sickness. The bones of the dead lay bleaching on the ground. The next neighbors to the Wampanoags were the Narragansetts. The Narragansetts…