McGuffey Readers
65The Sociology of Social Studies
28 Mar 2021
20:32¶ 75
“But at one point, my wife was tasked with writing an article, and you can find it online – Kate Uttinger, “Old Gruff and…”
21:08¶ 76
“We found about two in the entire series that clearly referenced anything that might be considered religion. There was one on God as Creator,…”
20:09¶ 74
“Now, I don’t know about you. I grew up in a school that used McGuffey’s readers. The logic was that there’s moral lessons here,…”
49Social Vision and the Ten Commandments (Part 2)
6 Dec 2020
41:34¶ 157
“You may remember that the early readers, for instance McGuffey’s Readers in America, were stuffed full of stories about Roman heroes, not Roman gods…”
43:01¶ 163
“As the McGuffey Readers did, you’re left with a lot of, “Be good. Here are examples,” and the assumption is that being good isn’t…”