The First Weaver

The Tree-Dwellers

by Katharine Elizabeth DOPP (1863 - 1944)

Katharine E. Dopp was well-known as a teacher and writer of children's textbooks at the turn of the 20th Century. She was among the first educators to encourage the incorporation of physical and practical activity into the elementary school curriculum at a time when such activities were becoming less commonplace in a child's home environment. The Tree-Dwellers - The Age of Fear is the first in a series of elementary school texts written by Ms. Dopp that focus on the anthropological development of early human groups. Each lesson begins by posing a few questions for the child to think about, then factual information about these early humans is presented in story form using language a 6-7 yr old child can easily read and understand, followed by suggested activities that will help the child to experience first-hand some of the points presented in the story. The book also contains suggestions and references for teachers to aid in the successful use of the text. (Summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Listen next episodes of The Tree-Dwellers:
Alone on the Wooded Hills , Ancesters of Our Mammals , Bodo Follows the Wild Horses , Bodo's Hammer and Knife , Frightened by Fire , How Bodo Found the Wild Honey , How Bodo Learned to Make Tools and Weapons , How Bodo Saved One-Ear’s Life , How Bodo Used Fire , How People Got Their First Home , How People Learned to Hunt Large Animals , How Sharptooth Made a Basket , How Sharptooth Spent the Night , How the Hyenas Hunted , How the Tree-dwellers Formed a Clan , How the Tree-dwellers Taught Their Children , How the Wild Hogs Protected Their Young , How the Women Made a Shelter , How We Have Learned About the Tree-dwellers , Sharptooth Goes to the River , Suggestions to Teachers - Part 1: Method and Typical Modes of Activity , Suggestions to Teachers - Part 2: Supplementary Facts - Animal Life , Suggestions to Teachers - Part 3: Special Suggestions , The Coming of the Musk Sheep , The Story of the Wild Horse , The Wooly Rhinoceros , What Bodo and One-Ear Found in the Alders , What Happened When the Wild Cattle Came to the River , What the Wild Hogs Did for Sharptooth , Why People Began to Wear Ornaments