Costume -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works
(_Adopted by the London County Council._)
+The PLAN.+--The story, written in simple and attractive
form, is on the left page. On the opposite page is an
outline drawing, with full particulars for colouring, for
the child to colour.
+The AIM.+--To show in story and picture how the boys and
girls lived and dressed in those far-off days. To show
what their homes were like. To provide an opportunity for
comparing then and now.
PERIOD.--From the Cave Man to the Norman Conquest.
CONTENTS:
Book I.
A Cave Man.
A Cave Woman and her little boy.
A Pit Dwelling and the People who live in it.
A Pit Man at Work.
The Lake Dwellers.
A man making copper spear heads.
A woman grinding corn.
Book II.
Celts and Phoenicians exchanging goods.
A Pict.
Julius Cæsar looking at the shores of Britain.
The Building of Hadrian’s Wall.
A Roman Road in Britain.
A Roman Road in Britain to-day.
Saxons building a house in Britain.
Book III.
The Coming of St. Augustine.
English Villagers pursuing a thief in the 7th century.
The Northmen sailing up an English river.
King Alfred visiting a school.
Duke William of Normandy preparing to invade England.
A Norman Noble riding through an English village in 1066.
A Norman Manor House.
Price, each, net, +5+d.; post free, +6+d.
STORY LESSONS IN HISTORY.
By EDNA LAKE.
An original scheme of 23 lessons correlating +History+, +Geography+,
+Literature+ and +Handwork+, covering the period from William I. to
Queen Elizabeth.
Fully illustrated with designs for Paper or Cardboard Modelling and
Free Paper Cutting.
In each lesson the historical narrative is followed by notes describing
fully the correlated work to be done in connection with the story,
_e.g._
LESSON III.--THE WHITE SHIP.
HISTORY--The White Ship.
GEOGRAPHY--The English Channel.
LANGUAGE--Some words we get from the French.
LITERATURE OR STORY--The Church Builders.
COMPOSITION--Ships.
CHALK OR BRUSH DRAWING--Ships.
PAPER OR CARDBOARD MODELLING--A Ship.
SAND AND CLAY MODELLING--A Church.
FREE PAPER CUTTING--A Ship (12th century).
Price, net, +3+s. +9+d.; post free, +4+s. +2+d.
_Complete Catalogue of Publications sent post free on request._
CHARLES and SON, Ltd.
LONDON: 10, Paternoster Square. E.C.4
GLASGOW: 68, Gordon Street.
End of Project Gutenberg's A Handbook of Pictorial History, by Henry W. Donald
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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