Object Lessons - And How to Give Them

OBJECT LESSONS
And How to Give Them


by George Ricks

London: Isbister and Company, Tavistock Street, 1893
Title page and flysheets
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Pages 1-3 Pages 4-5
FIRST STAGE
Introduction
Pages 6-7
LESSON 1: Colour - White and Black LESSON 2: Colour - Red, Yellow, Blue
Pages 8-11 Pages 8-11
LESSON 3: Form - position of lines, standing up, lying down, leaning LESSON 4: Form - shape of lines, straight, bent and crooked
Pages 8-11 Pages 12-15
Pages 12-15  
LESSON 5: The Square
LESSON 6: An Oblong
Pages 12-15 Pages 16-19
Pages 16-19 Pages 20-23
LESSON 7: Ball-shape, surface LESSON 8: Form and Colour (A test lesson)
Pages 20-23 Pages 20-23
LESSON 9: Sweet and Salt Tastes LESSON 10: Sweet and Sour Tastes
Pages 20-23 Pages 24-27
Pages 24-27  
LESSON 11: Size LESSON 12: Length
Pages 24-27 Pages 28-31
Pages 28-31  
LESSON 13: Breadth LESSON 14: Thickness
Pages 28-31 Pages 28-31
LESSON 15: Weight LESSON 16: Hard and Soft
Pages 28-31 Pages 32-35
Pages 32-35  
LESSON 17: Rough and Smooth LESSON 18: A Slate-pencil box
Pages 32-35 Pages 36-40
Pages 36-40  
LESSON 19: A Basket of Vegetables LESSON 20: A Schoolroom Table and Chair
Pages 36-40 Pages 36-40
SECOND STAGE
LESSON 1: The Secondary Colours - Orange and Green LESSON 2: The Secondary Colours - Orange, Green and Purple
Pages 41-43 Pages 41-43
  Pages 44-47
LESSON 3: Angles, Triangles LESSON 4: Curved Line, Circle, Ring
Pages 44-47 Pages 48-51
Pages 48-51  
LESSON 5: Cube and Brick-shape LESSON 6: A Test Lesson - Form and Colour Combined
Pages 48-51 Pages 52-55
Pages 52-55  
LESSON 7: Sweet, Sour and Bitter Tastes LESSON 8: Length - A Foot
Pages 52-55 Pages 52-55
LESSON 9: Length - A Yard LESSON 10: Length - The Inch
Pages 56-59 Pages 56-59
LESSON 11: Properties of Bodies - sticky or adhesive LESSON 12: Properties of Bodies - Porous
Pages 56-59 Pages 60-63
LESSON 13: Properties of Bodies - Transparent and Opaque LESSON 14: Properties of Bodies - Brittle, Flexible, and Tough
Pages 60-63 Pages 60-63
  Pages 64-67
LESSON 15: A Brick LESSON 16: Orange and Lemon
Pages 64-67 Pages 64-67
LESSON 17: An Egg LESSON 18: A Cabbage
Pages 64-67 Pages 68-71
Pages 68-71  
LESSON 19: A Cocoa-nut LESSON 20: Glass
Pages 68-71 Pages 68-71
THIRD STAGE
LESSON 1: Dark and Light Colours LESSON 2: Perpendicular, Horizontal and Oblique Lines
Pages 72-75 Pages 72-75
  Pages 76-79
LESSON 3: Parallel Lines LESSON 4: Lines and Angles
Pages 76-79 Pages 76-79
LESSON 5: Measures of Weight - The lb, 1/2lb, 1/4lb, and oz LESSON 6: Measures of Capacity - the Half-pint, Pint, Quart, and Gallon
Pages 76-79 Pages 80-83
Pages 80-83  
LESSON 7: Properties of Bodies, Liquid and Solid - 1 LESSON 8: Properties of Bodies, Liquid and Solid - 2
Pages 80-83 Pages 80-83
  Pages 84-87
LESSON 9: Properties of Bodies, Liquid and Solid - 3 LESSON 10: Properties of Bodies - Fusible and Infusible
Pages 84-87 Pages 84-87
  Pages 88-91
LESSON 11: Properties of Bodies - Soluble and Insoluble LESSON 12: Properties of Bodies - Inflammable
Pages 88-91 Pages 88-91
  Pages 92-95
LESSON 13: Properties of Bodies - Elastic LESSON 14: India-rubber
Pages 92-95 Pages 92-95
  Pages 96-99
LESSON 15: Sponge LESSON 16: Cork
Pages 96-99 Pages 96-99
  Pages 100-105
LESSON 17: Leather LESSON 18: India-rubber, Sponge, Cork, and Leather (A Comparison)
Pages 100-105 Pages 100-105
LESSON 19: Water, Milk, Paraffin Oil, etc (A Comparison) LESSON 20: Loaf Sugar, Alum, Soda, Camphor, Chalk, Starch etc. (A Comparison)
Pages 100-105 Pages 100-105
FOURTH STAGE
LESSON 1: Colour - Shades and Tints - 1 LESSON 2: Colour - Shades and Tints - 2
Pages 106-109 Pages 106-109
LESSON 3: Form - Circle, Circumference, Centre, Radius, Diameter LESSON 4: Form - Sphere, Cylinder
Pages 110-113 Pages 114-117
LESSON 5: Measures for Dry Goods LESSON 6: Properties of Bodies - Malleable and Tenacious
Pages 114-117 Pages 114-117
LESSON 7: Properties of Bodies - Ductile and Tenacious LESSON 8: Common Salt
Pages 114-117 Pages 118-121
Pages 118-121  
LESSON 9: Soda LESSON 10: Alum
Pages 118-121 Pages 122-125
LESSON 11: Camphor LESSON 12: Sulphur
Pages 122-125 Pages 122-125
  Pages 126-129
LESSON 13: Snow and Ice LESSON 14: Cotton and Wool
Pages 126-129 Pages 126-129
LESSON 15: Pins and Needles LESSON 16: Manufactures - Bread
Pages 126-129 Pages 130-133
Pages 130-133  
LESSON 17: Manufactures - Butter LESSON 18: Manufactures - Cheese
Pages 130-133 Pages 130-133
  Pages 134-137
LESSON 19: Manufactures - Starch LESSON 20: Manufactures - Paste, Gum, Glue
Pages 134-137 Pages 134-137
FIFTH STAGE
LESSON 1: Irregular Common Colours - Brown and Grey LESSON 2: Form - the Rhomb and Rhomboid
Pages 138-141 Pages 138-141
LESSON 3: Form - Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon, and Octagon LESSON 4: Form - Prisms
Pages 138-141 Pages 142-145
Pages 142-145  
LESSON 5: Form - Pyramid and Cone LESSON 6: Time and how we measure it - day, hour, minute, second
Pages 142-145 Pages 142-145
  Pages 146-149
LESSON 7: Time and how we measure it - the clock face - 1 LESSON 8: Time and how we measure it - the clock face - 2
Pages 146-149 Pages 150-153
Pages 150-153 Pages 154-157
LESSON 9: Time and how we measure it - the clock face - 3 LESSON 10: Minerals
Pages 154-157 Pages 154-157
  Pages 158-161
LESSON 11: Coal - 1 LESSON 12: Coal - 2
Pages 158-161 Pages 158-161
  Pages 162-165
LESSON 13: Coal - 3 LESSON 14: Graphite
Pages 162-165 Pages 166-169
Pages 166-169  
LESSON 15: A Black-lead Pencil LESSON 16: Clay
Pages 166-169 Pages 170-173
Pages 170-173 Pages 174-177
LESSON 17: Limestone and Lime LESSON 18: The Metals
Pages 174-177 Pages 174-177
  Pages 178-183
LESSON 19: The Metals - Rust and Plating LESSON 20: The Metals - Hardness, Alloys
Pages 178-183 Pages 184-187
  Pages 188-193
LESSON 21: The Metals - Fusion, Casting LESSON 22: The Metals - Malleable, Ductile, Tenacious
Pages 188-193 Pages 188-193
LESSON 23: Textile Materials - 1 LESSON 24: Textile Materials - 2
Pages 188-193 Pages 188-193
APPENDIX
Sealing Wax, Olive Oil, Boots and Shoes, Charcoal, A Thimble, Bells Bells (continued), Nails, The Smithy, Lead, Flint, Pumice Stone
Pages 194-197 Pages 198-200
Index

 
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