Virginia Map #2
From The Cradle of the Republic: Jamestown and the James River by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1900) The other day we posted Virginia Map #1, from a textbook by J. A. C.… Read More»
Tag: Textbooks
Virginia Map #1
The map covers two pages and the key indicates that it was published during a time when Winchester was more populated than Charlottesville. From Makers of Virginia History by J.… Read More»
Almost 6,000 Years Ago …
I’ve been looking through a lot of old textbooks lately, and I found the design of these pages to be just lovely. To be sure, the author is more interested… Read More»
U.S. Map #1
The map covers two pages and indicates the locations of Indian language groups. From A History of the United States for Schools by S. E. Forman (1920) This is one… Read More»
RIP: Facts
According to the Chicago Tribune, Facts—born in 360 BC to the ancient Greeks and raised, over the millennia, by various schools of epistemology—is dead at the age of 2,372. It was… Read More»
ChronoZoom to the Rescue!
From Robert Wright: While a student at UC Berkeley, Roland Saekow had the idea for a tool that would help people visualize history—all the way from the big bang to… Read More»
Quotes of the Day
“Neglect and outright ill will have distorted the teaching of the history and character of the United States. We seek to compel the teaching of students in Tennessee the truth… Read More»
Our Virginia, Our Challenge (Cont’d)
Social Media
12 Comments