An American Robinson Crusoe
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CONTENTS:
I Robinson with His Parents
II Robinson as an Apprentice
III Robinson's Departure
IV Robinson Far from Home
V The Shipwreck
VI Robinson Saved
VII The First Night on Land
VIII Robinson on an Island
IX Robinson's Shelter
X Robinson Makes a Hat
XI Robinson's Calendar
XII Robinson Makes a Hunting Bag
XIII Robinson Explores the Island More
CONTENTS:
I Robinson with His Parents
II Robinson as an Apprentice
III Robinson's Departure
IV Robinson Far from Home
V The Shipwreck
VI Robinson Saved
VII The First Night on Land
VIII Robinson on an Island
IX Robinson's Shelter
X Robinson Makes a Hat
XI Robinson's Calendar
XII Robinson Makes a Hunting Bag
XIII Robinson Explores the Island
XIV Robinson as a Hunter
XV Robinson's Shoes and Parasol
XVI Getting Fire
XVII Robinson Makes Some Furniture
XVIII Robinson Becomes a Shepherd
XIX Robinson Builds a Home for His Goats
XX Robinson Gets Ready for Winter
XXI How Robinson Lays up a Store of Food
XXII Robinson's Diary
XXIII Robinson is Sick
XXIV Robinson's Bower
XXV Robinson Again Explores His Island
XXVI Robinson and His Birds
XXVII Robinson Gets Fire
XXVIII Robinson Makes Baskets
XXIX Robinson Becomes a Farmer
XXX Robinson as Potter
XXXI Robinson as Baker
XXXII Robinson as Fisherman
XXXIII Robinson Builds a Boat
XXXIV Robinson as a Sailor
XXXV A Discovery
XXXVI The Landing of the Savages
XXXVII Robinson as Teacher
XXXVIII Another Shipwreck
XXXIX Saving Things from the Ship
XL The Return of the Savages
XLI Deliverance at Last
XLII Robinson at Home
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from the PREFATORY NOTE:
An American Robinson Crusoe is the outcome of many years of experience with the story in the early grades of elementary schools. It was written to be used as a content in giving a knowledge of the beginning and development of human progress. The aim is not just to furnish an interesting narrative, but one that is true to the course of human development and the scientific and geographical facts of the island on which Robinson is supposed to have lived.
The excuse for departing so widely from the original story is to be found in the use which was desired to be made of it. The story here presented is simply the free adaptation of the original narrative to the demand for a specific kind of content in a form which would be interesting to the children.
The teacher is and should be justified in using with entire freedom any material accessible for the ends of instruction.
The text as here given has been published with an introduction and suggestive treatments as a Teacher's Manual for Primary Grades -- "The Teacher's Robinson Crusoe." Explicit directions and ample suggestions are made for the use of the story as material for instruction in all the language arts, drawing, social history, and the manual arts.
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