At 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 17, Marilyn Senter, professor of English, will present on American School Primers as part of the “Once Upon an Artifact” event at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center. Here is a summary of Senter’s presentation from the program: “Textbooks of the 19th and 20th century were not phonic-friendly stories that populate our schools today. In this presentation, we will look briefly at some of the common primers which Kansas students might have used, and we will discuss the moral lessons embedded in the reading.”