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'Art Instruction in Primary Schools: Second Year' by Mary Dana Hicks was published by The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1899.

I have not managed to find any trace of a similar book for the First Year, and it is not clear to me if such a book ever existed.

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here.

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Analysis

Paperfolding is used:

1. To create Simple Froebelian Forms of Life - The Book and the Fan

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2. As a way of demonstrating how a hem is made

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3. To create a simple Tent (which is then added as a roof to a square prism to create a House)

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4. As a means of creating Right Angle Isosceles Triangles

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5. As a means of creating Equilateral Triangles

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6. As a means of creating bi-symmetrical figures

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7. As a means of creating irregular templates that will fold up into a cube, oblong prism, triangular prism, cone and square pyramid.

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8. As a means of creating a cube, an oblong prism and a triangular prism from irregular templates.

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9. As a means of creasing a square into sections of differing proportions to simulate the design of plaids.

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10. As a means of cutting squares from an oblong

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Selected Pages

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