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Title: How to Teach Reading in the Public Schools
Author: S. H. Clark (Samuel H. Clark)
Publisher: Scott, Foresman & Co.
Publication Date: 1899
Binding: HardcoverDescription:
This 1899 instructional manual by S. H. Clark offers a comprehensive guide for teachers on methods and principles for teaching reading in U.S. public schools at the turn of the 20th century. Clark was a professor of elocution and public speaking, and his methods emphasized both phonetics and expressive reading, reflecting the pedagogical priorities of the Progressive Era.
The book is part of a broader movement in late 19th-century American education to professionalize teaching and standardize classroom practices. Its publisher, Scott, Foresman & Co., was a prominent educational press best known later for the Dick and Jane readers.
This edition includes black-and-white text with occasional illustrative examples, and possibly appendices or reading charts.
Rare vintage educational manual. This hardback book provides period-accurate instruction in reading and phonics methods for American public school teachers. A valuable resource for historians of education, collectors of antique pedagogy texts, or vintage book lovers.
