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Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms

Pamela Farris, Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler, Iowa State University
Maria Walther

History of Reading and Writing

Multiple Choice


1	Writing is believed to have been invented in approximately 3500 BC by both the
		A)	Sumerians and Greeks.
		B)	Romans and Egyptians.
		C)	Sumerians and Egyptians.
		D)	Romans and Greeks.


2	Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the three primary reasons that the invention of the movable type press is so noteworthy?
		A)	Books could now be written solely for children.
		B)	Booksellers could make a higher profit per book.
		C)	Lower classes could now purchase books because they were less expensive.
		D)	Spelling would become uniform.


3	Hornbooks were made of
		A)	brass.
		B)	sheep's horn.
		C)	cow's horn.
		D)	elephant's tusk.


4	In The New England Primer, text was devoted to which of the following?
		A)	moral lessons
		B)	nursery rhymes
		C)	poetry
		D)	children's literature


5	Which of the following was the first education law enacted in the New World in 1642?
		A)	The Common School Act
		B)	The Old Deluder Satan Act
		C)	The Grammar School Act
		D)	The Land Grant Act


6	The Newbery Award is named for John Newbery because of his efforts to
		A)	write books for children.
		B)	publish books for children.
		C)	teach children to read.
		D)	open schools for children.


7	By trade, Horace Mann was a/an
		A)	educator.
		B)	carpenter.
		C)	inventor.
		D)	lawyer.


8	Which of the following is NOT a key idea of the Common School Movement?
		A)	rich experiences for children
		B)	education for all white male children
		C)	well-trained teachers
		D)	one-room schoolhouses


9	Manuscript handwriting is also commonly known as
		A)	cursive.
		B)	print.
		C)	D'Nealian.
		D)	block letters.


10	Ursula Nordstrom was a famous children's
		A)	book author.
		B)	educator.
		C)	book editor.
		D)	book illustrator.


11	"The hog and the dog sat on the log." is an example of what type of published reading series?
		A)	first reader
		B)	linguistic reader
		C)	primer
		D)	preprimer


12	In 1955, a newspaper reporter fueled the phonics debate by writing which of the following books?
		A)	Savage Inequalities
		B)	A Nation at Risk
		C)	Learning to Read: The Great Debate
		D)	Why Johnny Can't Read


13	During which U.S. President's regime was the Head Start program founded?
		A)	Richard Nixon
		B)	Lyndon Johnson
		C)	John Kennedy
		D)	Gerald Ford


14	Which of the following researchers first identified the stages of the writing process?
		A)	Charles Read.
		B)	Ken Goodman.
		C)	Jeanne Chall.
		D)	Donald Murray.


15	Which two countries are home to the creators of the whole language movement?
		A)	United States and New Zealand
		B)	New Zealand and Sweden
		C)	New Zealand and Australia
		D)	United States and Sweden


16	Which work of children's literature prompted the New York Times to create a bestseller list solely for children's books?
		A)	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
		B)	Charlotte's Web
		C)	Watership Down
		D)	The Hobbit

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