A textbook for young children
primer
The writer of the first American textbook and the first American dictionary
Noah Webster
The first American textbook for children
Blue-Backed Speller
The first American dictionary
The American Dictionary of the English Language
How many years did it take Mr. Webster to finish the dictionary?
20 years
What 3 books would usually be found in a colonial school?
a Bible, a primer, and a speller
Why did Mr. Webster write the Blue-Backed Speller?
There were no American textbooks
This man was a Quaker poet
John Greenleaf Whittier
The best-loved poem of John Greenleaf Whittier
Snow-Bound
writer of Little Women and other books
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott's most famous book
Little Women
For about how many years did John Greenleaf Whittier write poetry?
40
How many volumes of Christian poetry did Mr. Whittier write?
4
In what branch of Massachusetts government did Mr. Whittier serve?
state legislature
The words to about how many hymns were written by Mr. Whittier?
about 100
Against what practice did John Greenleaf Whittier write articles and poems?
slavery
