Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : written while acquiring a knowledge of the plan under Alfred Hadley, teacher at Hopewell, in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1822 April 2-24 / by Elijah Coffin.

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Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : written while acquiring a knowledge of the plan under Alfred Hadley, teacher at Hopewell, in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1822 April 2-24 / by Elijah Coffin.

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Notes recorded between April 2nd and April 24th, 1822 on the Lancasterian plan of education (the 'Bell-Lancaster method' or 'Monitorial system'). Includes description of class levels, lesson plans, teacher duties, classroom organization and school administration.

1 v. (42 p.) ; 26 cm.

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Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862

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Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., and moved to Indiana in 1824. He began as a teacher, then became a businessman and finally a banker. He held positions of responsibility within the Society of Friends, including Clerk of the Indiana Yearly Meeting and Elder, and published works on Scripture and religion. He died in 1862. From the description of Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : writte...