Steven Caney's Kids' America.
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Steven Caney's Kids' America.
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New York : Workman Pub., c1978.
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414 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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9780911104790
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Introduces aspects of American life from the colonial period to the present. Suggests such activities as handicraft projects, genealogy searches, and games.
目录
Introduction | p. 21 |
Chapter 1 American Heritage | |
Genealogy | p. 26 |
Discovering Your Pedigree | p. 26 |
I'm My Own Grandpaw | p. 30 |
What's in a Name? | p. 30 |
Surnames A-Z | p. 31 |
Your Coat of Arms | p. 34 |
Family Treasures | p. 36 |
Knock, Knock Names | p. 37 |
Chapter 2 American Know-How | |
Living American | p. 40 |
Better Butter | p. 42 |
Making a Butter Churn | p. 43 |
Making Butter | p. 43 |
Milking a Cow | p. 44 |
How to Milk a Cow | p. 45 |
Really Good Soap | p. 45 |
Grandma's Lye Soap | p. 46 |
Making Soap | p. 46 |
Ivory, The Soap That Floats | p. 47 |
Candles | p. 48 |
Making Molded Candles | p. 48 |
Making Dipped Candles | p. 50 |
Making a Tin Lantern | p. 51 |
Making a Candle Clock | p. 52 |
Valuable Rope | p. 52 |
Making Rope | p. 53 |
Forecasting Weather | p. 54 |
Weather Folklore | p. 54 |
Weathervanes | p. 55 |
News to Me | p. 56 |
Making a Weathervane | p. 56 |
Hygrometers | p. 57 |
Making a Hygrometer | p. 57 |
Cricket Thermometer | p. 58 |
Weather Clues | p. 58 |
Panning for Gold | p. 59 |
The Panning Method | p. 59 |
Staking a Gold Claim | p. 61 |
Lotions, Potions, and Strange Notions | p. 61 |
Hiccups | p. 62 |
Warts | p. 62 |
Freckles | p. 62 |
Insect Bites, Stings, and Itches | p. 62 |
Sunburn | p. 62 |
Bangs and Bruises | p. 63 |
Pains and Sprains | p. 63 |
Small Cuts | p. 63 |
Splinters and Thorns | p. 63 |
Poison Ivy | p. 63 |
Athlete's Foot | p. 63 |
The Common Cold | p. 63 |
Coughing | p. 63 |
Sore Throat | p. 63 |
Sneezing | p. 63 |
Toothache | p. 63 |
Earache | p. 63 |
Nosebleed | p. 63 |
Chapter 3 American Homes | |
Home Sweet Home | p. 66 |
What Has Changed? | p. 72 |
Guess What's | p. 74 |
How Nails Are Made | p. 76 |
Hex Signs for Your Home | p. 77 |
Making a Hex Sign | p. 78 |
Stenciled Walls | p. 79 |
Making Stencil Prints | p. 79 |
Four-Poster Canopy Bed | p. 82 |
Making a Four-Poster Canopy Bed | p. 82 |
Rocking Chairs | p. 84 |
Fan Rocker and Fly Chaser | p. 84 |
The Shakers | p. 85 |
Great Plains Indian Tepee | p. 85 |
Making a Five-Pole, Two-Kid Tepee | p. 87 |
The Get Away Tree House | p. 89 |
Building a Tree House | p. 90 |
Deed to the House | p. 93 |
Chapter 4 American Backyards and Gardens | |
Backyard Fun | p. 96 |
An American Garden | p. 96 |
Kitchen Gardens | p. 97 |
Planning the Garden | p. 98 |
Making Compost | p. 100 |
For Potatoes and Tomatoes, Thank You, Thomas Jefferson! | p. 100 |
Scarecrow | p. 101 |
Making Your Own Scarecrow | p. 102 |
Peanuts | p. 103 |
Grow a Peanut Plant | p. 104 |
Recipes for a Peanut Dinner | p. 106 |
Nature Games | p. 107 |
Daisy Chains | p. 108 |
Burr Building | p. 108 |
Acorn-top Finger Puppets | p. 109 |
Seed-head Shooters | p. 109 |
Grass-blade Whistle | p. 109 |
Maple-seed Claws and Noses | p. 109 |
Why Leaves Change Color | p. 110 |
Frog Jumping | p. 110 |
How to Catch a Frog | p. 111 |
The Frog-Jumping Contest | p. 111 |
From The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | p. 112 |
Make a Fly Catcher | p. 113 |
Family Pets | p. 113 |
Pets You Don't Own | p. 114 |
Dog Happy | p. 115 |
America's Pets | p. 118 |
Bird Feeders | p. 119 |
Making Bird Feeders | p. 119 |
Birdhouse Pointers | p. 120 |
Time Capsules | p. 121 |
Your Own Time Capsule | p. 122 |
Digging For Bottles | p. 123 |
Poison Bottles | p. 125 |
Dowsing for Water | p. 126 |
Chapter 5 American Fashion | |
Fashion: Plain and Fancy | p. 130 |
Dressing Up | p. 135 |
Color Dyeing | p. 136 |
Children's Fashion | p. 138 |
Where Did You Get That Hat? | p. 139 |
Making Hats | p. 142 |
The Basic Cap | p. 144 |
Walking Sticks | p. 144 |
Chapter 6 Eating in America | |
American Diet | p. 148 |
All-American Dishes | p. 150 |
Using the Kitchen | p. 151 |
Apples | p. 152 |
American Apple Pie | p. 152 |
Golden Delicious | p. 153 |
Candy Apples | p. 153 |
Dried Apple Rings | p. 154 |
Johnny Appleseed | p. 155 |
American Cheese | p. 155 |
Three Kinds of Cheese to Make | p. 156 |
"Big Cheese" | p. 157 |
Hamburgers, the People's Choice | p. 157 |
The Best Burgers | p. 158 |
Hot Dogs | p. 159 |
Batter-dipped Corn Dogs | p. 159 |
Sumbarine Sandwich | p. 160 |
Spicy Ketchup | p. 162 |
Crispy Potato Chips | p. 163 |
Popcorn | p. 165 |
Make a Corn Popper | p. 165 |
Corn Popping | p. 166 |
Popcorn Balls | p. 166 |
Doughnuts | p. 167 |
Fried Dough | p. 167 |
Lunch Counter Lingo | p. 167 |
Peanut Butter | p. 168 |
Making Peanut Butter | p. 168 |
Graham Crackers | p. 168 |
S'Mores | p. 169 |
Pretzels | p. 169 |
Philadelphia Soft Pretzels | p. 170 |
America's Sweet Tooth | p. 171 |
Soft Drinks | p. 172 |
Ice Cream | p. 172 |
Vanilla Molasses Taffy | p. 173 |
Chewing Gum | p. 174 |
Getting Off the Gum | p. 175 |
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Over Night | p. 176 |
Foraging | p. 177 |
Day Lilies | p. 177 |
Acorns | p. 178 |
Dandelions | p. 178 |
Rose Petals | p. 179 |
Cattails | p. 179 |
Chapter 7 American School Days | |
The Three R'S | p. 182 |
Ink | p. 184 |
Nut Ink | p. 184 |
Berry Ink | p. 184 |
Fancy Pens | p. 185 |
Make a Wood-Nib Pen | p. 185 |
Make a Quill Pen | p. 185 |
How to Write Fancy (Like John Hancock) | p. 186 |
Primers | p. 188 |
Spelling | p. 189 |
Spelling Bee | p. 189 |
100 Words Commonly Misspelled in the English Language | p. 190 |
Rebus | p. 190 |
Rebus Dictionary | p. 192 |
Tongue Twisters | p. 193 |
Autograph Verses | p. 194 |
Etiquette | p. 196 |
The Formal Afternoon Tea | p. 196 |
Invitations and Replies | p. 197 |
What to Wear | p. 197 |
Setting the Table | p. 197 |
How to Make Good Tea | p. 198 |
Serving the Tea | p. 199 |
Table Accidents | p. 199 |
Chapter 8 Made in America | |
Understanding Art | p. 202 |
Shape | p. 203 |
Project | p. 203 |
Color | p. 203 |
Project | p. 204 |
Line | p. 204 |
Project | p. 205 |
Light | p. 206 |
Project | p. 206 |
Texture | p. 207 |
Project | p. 207 |
Motion | p. 207 |
Project | p. 208 |
Composition | p. 209 |
Project | p. 210 |
Framing | p. 210 |
Project | p. 210 |
Modern Art | p. 211 |
Mixed Media | p. 215 |
Project | p. 215 |
Action Painting | p. 216 |
Project | p. 216 |
Collage | p. 217 |
Project | p. 217 |
Pop Art | p. 217 |
Project | p. 218 |
Environmental Sculpture | p. 219 |
Project | p. 219 |
Op Art | p. 220 |
Project | p. 220 |
Mobiles | p. 220 |
Project | p. 221 |
American Kitsch | p. 221 |
Happenings | p. 222 |
Arts and Crafts | p. 223 |
Grave Art | p. 223 |
Gravestone Rubbing | p. 224 |
Whittling | p. 225 |
How to Whittle | p. 227 |
Silhouette Art | p. 228 |
Making a Silhouette Portrait | p. 230 |
Paper Doll Chains | p. 231 |
Flower Drying | p. 231 |
Air Drying | p. 231 |
Sand Drying | p. 232 |
Press Drying | p. 233 |
Flower Arrangements | p. 233 |
Plants to Dry | p. 234 |
Scrimshaw | p. 234 |
Plastic Scrimshaw | p. 235 |
Chapter 9 Toys, Puzzles, Play-Pretties, and Games | |
Playthings | p. 238 |
Newspaper Toys | p. 242 |
Paper Snake | p. 242 |
Paper Tree | p. 243 |
Flying Toys | p. 244 |
Flying Propeller | p. 244 |
Ring Wing Glider | p. 245 |
Snow Globe | p. 246 |
Making a Snow Globe | p. 246 |
Noah's Ark | p. 247 |
Punchboards | p. 248 |
Making Punchboards | p. 248 |
Marble Raceway | p. 250 |
Making a Marble Raceway | p. 250 |
Dolls | p. 252 |
Yarn Doll | p. 253 |
Roly-Poly Dolls | p. 254 |
Life-Size Doll | p. 256 |
Dress-Me Paper Dolls | p. 258 |
Teddy Bears | p. 260 |
Ventriloquism | p. 262 |
Crystal Radio | p. 263 |
Making a Crystal Radio | p. 264 |
Puzzles | p. 266 |
Ox-Yoke Puzzle | p. 266 |
Button Hole Puzzle | p. 268 |
14-15 Puzzle | p. 269 |
Knots-and-Not-Knots | p. 270 |
Four Color Cubes | p. 271 |
Playpretties | p. 272 |
Finger Trap | p. 272 |
Domino Trains | p. 273 |
Soggy Ring | p. 274 |
Sky Hook | p. 274 |
String Figures | p. 275 |
Target Shooting | p. 278 |
Games | p. 280 |
Fox and Geese | p. 280 |
Indian and Rabbits | p. 282 |
Solitaire | p. 282 |
Triangle Solitaire | p. 283 |
How Many Moves | p. 283 |
Point Tic-Tac-Toe | p. 284 |
Tabletop Olympics | p. 285 |
Calculator Games | p. 288 |
Chapter 10 Saturday Night | |
The Circus | p. 292 |
Circus Talk | p. 294 |
Sideshow Tricks Explained | p. 294 |
Sword Swallowing | p. 294 |
Sword Walking | p. 295 |
Fire Eating | p. 295 |
Rope Spinning | p. 295 |
How to Spin a Flat Loop | p. 296 |
Be a Strongman | p. 297 |
Break a Deck of Cards | p. 297 |
Tear a Telephone Book | p. 298 |
Be a Clown | p. 298 |
You Really Can Join the Circus | p. 299 |
Putting On a Clown Face | p. 299 |
Clown Clothes | p. 300 |
Clown Pantomime | p. 300 |
Fortune-Telling | p. 301 |
Palmistry | p. 302 |
Card Reading | p. 305 |
Graphology | p. 307 |
How Do You Cross Your T's? | p. 310 |
The Fortune Cookie | p. 310 |
Juggling | p. 311 |
Making Music | p. 314 |
Music for All Occasions | p. 316 |
Mother Goose | p. 316 |
Jug Bands | p. 317 |
Playing the Jug | p. 317 |
Making a Washtub Bass | p. 317 |
Playing the Washboard | p. 318 |
Playing the Musical Comb | p. 319 |
Playing the Spoons | p. 319 |
Playing the Tin Can, Flower Pot, Wastepaper Basket, Cooking Pot, and Cake Pan | p. 320 |
Musical Glasses | p. 321 |
You Can Play the Harmonica | p. 322 |
Push-Button Telephone Songs | p. 323 |
America Dances | p. 324 |
Tap Dancing | p. 325 |
Dance the L.A. Hustle | p. 327 |
Dance the New York Hustle | p. 329 |
At Home | p. 332 |
Comic Books and Funny Papers | p. 332 |
Making Shuffle-Deck Comics | p. 334 |
America's Funny Bone | p. 335 |
Parlor Games | p. 338 |
Charades | p. 338 |
Grandmother's Trunk | p. 339 |
Alphabet Sentences | p. 340 |
Twenty Questions | p. 340 |
Botticelli or The Nope Game | p. 340 |
Geography | p. 341 |
Ghost | p. 341 |
Whist | p. 342 |
Ghost Stories | p. 342 |
The Ghostly Rider | p. 343 |
Nobody Here But You | p. 344 |
The Haunted House | p. 345 |
Homemade Ghost Stories | p. 347 |
White House Ghosts | p. 347 |
Old-Time Radio | p. 348 |
Radio Plays | p. 349 |
Making Sound Effects | p. 350 |
Chapter 11 Land of Opportunity | |
American Freedom | p. 354 |
It's the Law! | p. 356 |
How to be a Politician | p. 358 |
The Campaign | p. 358 |
The President Wants to Hear From You | p. 360 |
Presidents Come in All Shapes and Sizes | p. 361 |
Holidays and Celebrations | p. 361 |
Make Your Own Official Day of Celebration | p. 362 |
Guide to the Well-Decorated Bike or Doll Carriage | p. 362 |
Official Whatever Days | p. 363 |
Firecrackers | p. 364 |
Making Paper Firecrackers | p. 364 |
Need Information? | p. 365 |
Symbols of America | p. 366 |
American Flag | p. 367 |
Flag Code | p. 368 |
The Donkey and the Elephant | p. 368 |
The Great Seal of the United States | p. 368 |
The American Bald Eagle | p. 369 |
Uncle Sam | p. 369 |
The Pine Tree (Liberty Tree) | p. 370 |
American Symbols to Draw | p. 370 |
The Rattlesnake | p. 371 |
The Buffalo | p. 372 |
Cigar Store Indian | p. 372 |
Bumper Stickers | p. 373 |
Hobo Sign Language | p. 374 |
American Money | p. 376 |
Coins | p. 377 |
Coin Collecting | p. 379 |
Valuable Change | p. 380 |
Borrowing Money | p. 382 |
Saving Money | p. 382 |
Piggy Banks | p. 382 |
Make a Piggy Bank | p. 383 |
Investing Money | p. 384 |
Going into Business | p. 386 |
Choosing a Business | p. 386 |
The Business for You | p. 387 |
Making a Business Plan | p. 388 |
Business Books and Records | p. 391 |
Phone Tabs | p. 391 |
Newspaper Logs | p. 392 |
Baby-Sitting | p. 392 |
The Preliminaries | p. 392 |
On the Job | p. 393 |
What to Do If | p. 394 |
House Painting | p. 394 |
Paints | p. 394 |
Paintbrushes | p. 396 |
Paint Rollers | p. 397 |
Preparing the Surface | p. 397 |
Using Ladders | p. 398 |
Garage Sale | p. 398 |
Overworked Children | p. 401 |
Index | p. 402 |
Workman Pub.,
图书
Caney, Steven.
Caney, Steven.
1978
Introduces aspects of American life from the colonial period to the present. Suggests such activities as handicraft projects, genealogy searches, and games.
9780911104790
New York : Workman Pub., c1978.
SD_ILS:245359
JN J745.5 C16
Steven Caney's Kids' America.
Steven Caney's Kids' America.
Steven Caney's Kids' America.
Kids' America
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