1. New England Primer A Puritan Text

2. What was it? Calvinist school book Published by Benjamin Harris between 1683 and 1690 Sold more than 5,000,000 copies

3. What was included? Alphabet Rhyming couplets Woodcuts Old Testament History Religious songs Moral lessons

4. Examples

6. Prayers Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take. —1784 ed.

7. Good Children… GOOD children should remember daily, God their Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier; to believe in, love and serve him; their parents to obey them in the LORD; their bible and catechism; their baptism; the LORD's day; the LORD's death and resurrection; their own death and resurrection; and the day of judgment, when all that are not fit for heaven must be sent to hell. And they Should pray to GOD in the name of CHRIST, for saving grace.

8. Your Turn… Create a moral lesson acrostic (ABCs) for those new freshmen to Lebanon High School.