Original Nature Study Texts
Free Public Domain Curriculum
The texts listed below are the original nature study text books. Most were written between 1890 and 1930 for public school teachers. Some were used to train teachers, others were intended for classroom use by students. They are great references in any case!
The Nature Study Idea: An Interpretation of the New School Movement to Put the Young Mind Into Relation and Sympathy with Nature
by
L.H. Baily
http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Nature_study_Idea.html?id=dG1MAAAAIAAJ
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets
by
Various Authors
https://archive.org/details/cu31924001076383
Nature Study in the Elementary School: A Manual for Teachers
by
Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson
https://archive.org/details/naturestudyinel00wilsgoog
Nature Study: A Pupil's Text Book
by
Frank Overton
https://archive.org/details/naturestudyapup01hillgoog
Nature Study for the Common Schools
by
Wilbur Samuel Jackson
https://archive.org/details/naturestudyforco00jackrich
Ontario Teacher's Manual: Natue Study
Authorized by the Minister of Education
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26139
Our Wonderful World
by
Emery Lewis Howe
https://archive.org/details/MN41748ucmf_5
Nature Study by Grades: Teachers Book For the Primary Grades
by
Horace Hall Cummings
https://archive.org/details/naturestudybygr03cummgoog
Nature Study by Grades: A Text Book for the Lower Grammar Grades
by
Horace Hall Cummings
https://archive.org/details/naturestudybygr04cummgoog
Nature Study by Grades: A Text Book for the Higher Grammar Grades
by
Horace Hall Cummings
https://archive.org/details/naturestudybygr00cummgoog
Nature Study Course: With Suggestions on Teaching It
Based on Notes of Lectures to Teachers-in-Training
by
John Dearness
https://archive.org/details/naturestudy05west00dearuoft