Good stories for great birthdays / arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

by Frances Jenkins Olcott

APPENDIX

I

PROGRAMME OF STORIES FROM THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR TEACHERS AND STORY-TELLERS

This Programme may be used, day by day, in teaching the history of the United States. The stories are not intended to take the place of the textbook; but they may be utilized in many delightful ways to illustrate it. If they are told, or read aloud, or dramatized by the children, they will make historic events and characters stand out so vividly, that the boys and girls will never forget their American history.

The stories are arranged by dates of leading events, so that the teacher may easily illustrate the day’s lesson in the textbook.

1451 (about) Birth of Columbus, and his Boyhood
The Sea of Darkness, p. [3]
The Fortunate Isles, p. [5]
The Absurd Truth, p. [7]
1492 Discovery of America
Cathay the Golden, p. [10]
The Emerald Islands, p. [12]
1493 Columbus’s Return to Spain
The Magnificent Return, p. [13]
1498 Discovery of South America (Columbus’s Third Voyage)
The Fatal Pearls, p. [15]
1502 Discovery of Panama (Columbus’s Fourth Voyage)
Queen Isabella’s Page, p. [21]
The Twin Cities, p. [24]
The Pearls Again, p. [26]
1619 The First Representative Assembly in America (in Virginia)
The Author of the Declaration, p. 308
1620 Signing of the Mayflower Compact
The Father of the New England Colonies, p. [125]
1620 Landing of the Pilgrims
The Savage New World, p. [128]
1620-23 Settlement of Plymouth Colony
Welcome, Englishmen! p. [131]
Lost! Lost! a Boy! p. [132]
The Rattlesnake Challenge, p. [136]
The Great Drought, p. [138]
1636-37 Roger Williams and the Founding of Providence
Roger, the Boy, p. [349]
Soul Liberty, p. [350]
What Cheer! p. [352]
Risking his Life, p. [354]
1639 Connecticut’s Independent Constitution
Brother Jonathan, p. [208]
1681 William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania
The Boy of Great Tower Hill, p. [31]
Westward Ho, and Away! p. [34]
The City of Brotherly Love, p. [36]
The Place of Kings, p. [38]
1693-1718 William Penn and World Peace
He Wore it as Long as he Could, p. [32]
The Peacemaker, p. [33]
Onas, p. [41]
1755 Braddock’s Defeat and the Boyhood of Washington
The Boy in the Valley, p. [191]
The Boy of the Frontier, p. [427]
1759 George Washington at Home (Before and after the War for Independence)
Washington’s Wedding Day (January 6, 1759), p. [197]
Washington and the Children, p. [197]
Nellie and Little Washington, p. [200]
Nelson, the Hero, p. [204]
Caring for the Guest, p. [205]
Light Horse Harry, p. 216
1764-66 Stamp Act
The Orator of the War for Independence (Patrick Henry), p. [317]
This Terrible Cornet of Horse (William Pitt), p. [95]
America’s Defender, p. [101]
The Sons of Liberty, p. [103]
1773-74 Boston Tea Party and Boston Port Bill
Aid to the Sister Colony, p. [77]
1774 First Continental Congress
Facing Danger, p. [322]
A Famous Date, p. [80]
1775 Lexington and the Beginning of the War for Independence
What a Glorious Morning! p. [81]
A Son of Liberty, p. [75]
The Adams Family, p. [76]
The Young Lieutenant, p. [433]
Serving the Cause, p. [434]
Silver Heels, p. [436]
Without Bread, p. [437]
1775 Second Continental Congress and Appointment of Washington
John to Samuel, p. [82]
A Gentleman from Virginia, p. [83]
1775 Bunker Hill
The Boy Who Became President, p. [85]
Brother Jonathan, p. [208]
1775 Israel Putnam and Bunker Hill
Seeing Boston, p. [143]
The Fight with the Wolf, p. [144]
From Plough to Camp, p. [146]
A Generous Foe, p. [149]
1775-76 Siege of Boston
He made Washington Laugh, p. [148]
Friend Greene, p. [213]
1776 Evacuation of Boston by the British
The Little Girl and the Red Coats, p. 200
1776 Declaration of Independence and its Framer (Jefferson)
The Charter of Liberty, p. [98]
The Boy Owner of Shadwell Farm, p. [305]
A Christmas Guest, p. [306]
The Author of the Declaration, p. [308]
Proclaim Liberty, p. [309]
Reading the Declaration (Andrew Jackson), p. [282]
1776 Financing the War for Independence
The Little Friend in Front Street (Haym Salomon), p. [228]
He Knows Everything (Robert Morris), p. [159]
1777 The Stars and Stripes, and Paul Jones
How Shall the Stars be Placed? p. [88]
The Boy of the Solway, p. [359]
Don’t Tread on Me! p. [360]
The First Salute, p. [361]
The Poor Richard, p. [364]
Mickle’s the Mischief he has Dune, p. [365]
Paul Jones Himself, p. [367]
Some of His Sayings, p. [369]
1777 The Coming of Lafayette
I Will Join the Americans, p. [413]
In America, p. [414]
1777 Brandywine
The Banner of the Moravian Nuns (Count Pulaski), p. [416]
1777-78 Valley Forge
The Bloody Footprints, p. [210]
At Valley Forge (John Marshall), p. [435]
An Appeal to God (Washington), p. [211]
The Soldier Baron (Steuben), p. [220]
Friend Greene, p. [213]
Loyal to the Chief (Lafayette), p. [418]
1778 Monmouth
Captain Molly, p. [218]
The Soldier Baron, p. 220
1778 Our Great Commissioner and the Treaty with France (Benjamin Franklin)
The Whistle, p. [165]
The Candle-Maker’s Boy, p. [166]
The Boy of the Printing Press, p. [167]
The Three Rolls, p. [168]
Standing Before Kings, p. [169]
The Wonderful Kite Experiment, p, 170
The Rising Sun, p. [171]
To My Friend, p. [172]
1778 West Point Fortified
Father Thaddeus (Kosciuszko), p. [223]
1780 Camden
On the Field Near Camden (De Kalb), p. [414]
1780-81 Two Patriots of the Carolinas (Andrew Jackson and his Mother)
Mischievous Andy, p. [281]
Out Against Tarleton, p. [283]
An Orphan of the Revolution, p. [285]
1781 Surrender of Cornwallis
Washington’s Mother, p. [194]
Nelson, the Hero, p. [204]
1778-89 Close of War for Independence
A Last Scene (William Pitt), p. [105]
Putnam not Forgotten! p. [150]
Farewell! My General, Farewell! p. [230]
The Cincinnatus of the West, p. [206]
Seeing the President, p. [203]
1787 Building the Nation—The Constitution of the United States
The Constitution, p. [442]
The Boy of the Hurricane (Hamilton), p. [155]
Call Colonel Hamilton, p. [157]
A Struggle, p. [158]
The Rising Sun, p. [171]
The Hooting in the Wilderness, p. [286]
From “Washington’s Legacy,” p. 232
1789 Building the Nation, The Treasury Department
He Knows Everything, p. [159]
1796 Washington’s “Farewell Address”
Call Colonel Hamilton, p. [157]

The teacher or story-teller is advised to read the whole or parts of the “Farewell Address” aloud to the boys and girls. They may memorize selected passages. A reliable text of the address may be found in “Old South Leaflets,” No. 4; also in the Riverside Literature Series, No. 190.