Our Country_, Chapters 4 to 9
inclusive. These deal with the whole period of colonization.
Thwaites and Kendall's _History of the United States for Schools_.
Chapters 3 to 9 inclusive. This is a more advanced book which
amplifies the story. There are valuable suggestions for reading in
standard literature.
Guitteau's _Preparing for Citizenship_. Chapter 19 is of great
inspirational value.
*Webster's _Americanization and Citizenship_. The following paragraphs
set forth American ideals in their origin and development: 44, 52, 53,
54, 55, 63, 73, 117-121.
*Tappan's _Our European Ancestors_. Chapters 16-20 inclusive. These
describe the European rivalries which influenced the colonization of
America.
*Tappan's _Little Book of Our Flag_. Particularly chapters 1 and 2
respectively, "The Flags that Brought the Colonists," and "The Pine
Tree Flag and Others."
Griffis's _Young People's History of the Pilgrims_. The conditions
which led to the sailing of the Pilgrims are clearly sketched and
emphasis is laid on the viewpoint of the Pilgrim boys and girls.
*Griffis's _The Pilgrims in Their Three Homes: England, Holland, and
America_. The life of the Pilgrims in church and school, at work and
play, including their flight and refuge, is fully described.
*Tappan's _American Hero Stories_. Five stories center around the
colonists, of whom, of course, Miles Standish is one.
*Tappan's _Letters from Colonial Children_. These letters give an idea
of life in representative American colonies seen through a child's
eyes. They present a vivid and historically accurate picture of the
times.
*Hawthorne's _Grandfather's Chair_. These stories have never grown old
or tiresome to children--and probably never will. No stories ever
gave a better introduction to our history from the settlement of New
England to the War for Independence.
*Deming and Bemis's _Stories of Patriotism_. A series of stirring
tales of patriotic deeds by Americans from the time of the Colonists
to the present.
*Bemis's _The Patriotic Reader_. The selections cover the history of
our country from the discovery of America to our entrance into the
Great War. They give one a familiarity with literature--new and
old--that presents the highest ideals of freedom and justice.
*Longfellow's _Courtship of Miles Standish_. A well annotated edition
is published in the Riverside Literature Series.
Jane G. Austin's _The Old Colony Stories_. These novels, deali
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