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Praxis II: PLT K-6 Exam Prep

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McGuffey Readers were originally published in 1836. They were:

  1. Books made out of wooden paddles that had a lesson and a transparent sheet of horn on one side
  2. Leveled readers which upheld the collective beliefs and values for American lives during the time of their publication
  3. Books containing lessons on the alphabet and which contained Bible verses
  4. Teacher preparation manuals whose purpose was to identify ways to teach literacy skills
Explanation

Answer: B - McGuffey Readers were leveled readers which upheld the collective beliefs and values of the American culture during the time of their publication. They are still used in some private schools and home schooling programs. They were reading primers which were primarily used from the mid-nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century.

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