Readability–General Class Presentation, undated

This addition to the John R. Lee Papers, filling three boxes (including one half-size), consists primarily of correspondence with publishers and consulting clients; teaching materials; and materials connected with Lee's elementary social studies curriculum Americana +50, published by McGraw-Hill.

The correspondence comprising eleven folders is arranged alphabetically by publisher or organization. It includes correspondence with Allyn & Bacon (1967-69, 1974) concerning the second edition of Readings in Elementary Social Studies, edited by Lee and Jonathon C. McLendon; with Doubleday Multimedia (1973-76), pertaining to a projected elementary-level legal education curriculum; and with the Free Press (1968-73) concerning Lee's text, Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School. Also included are outlines and scripts of a projected educational filmstrip for the American Dental Association.

Nine folders of teaching materials pertain to readability and vocabulary control in writing for elementary students, and an additional nine folders relate to techniques of making instructional films. These materials were probably prepared for Lee's elementary social science methods course, Education 265-C77. They include lecture outlines, transparencies, and class exercises. Also included is one folder relating to Education D06, “Introduction to Research,” and one folder of unidentified course materials.

Material concerning the Americana +50 series includes one folder of correspondence with McGraw-Hill Films (1974-76); one folder of unit outlines, teacher's guides, class activity cards, and bibliographies; one folder containing photocopies of possible book illustrations; and one folder of transcribed tape recordings discussing the series, made by Lee and his collaborator Shirley Baugher. Eight additional folders contain scripts and (in some cases) photocopied illustrations for the eight filmstrips in the series.

The addition also includes a small amount of miscellaneous material including a folder of unidentified bibliographies; a folder of miscellaneous instructional filmstrip scripts; an outline of desirable skills for elementary school social science students; and a “Library Research Guide for Ph.D. Candidates in Social Science Education.”