PUBLIC AND SEPARATE SCHOOL COURSE OF STUDY 1

Chapter I
the aims and stages of study 13

Chapter II
general methods in the teaching of history 21

Chapter III
correlation of subjects 40

Chapter IV
special topics 49
  Current Events 49
  Local Material 51
  Civics 52
  The Teacher of History 57

Chapter V
illustrative lessons 60
  Forms I and II 60
  Form II 62
  Form III 66
  Forms III and IV 75
  Form IV 78
  For Teachers’ Reference 119

DEVICES 127

BIBLIOGRAPHY 130

APPENDIX 136

MANUAL OF SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS OF HISTORY

PUBLIC AND SEPARATE SCHOOL COURSE OF STUDY

DETAILS

The course in literature and composition includes the telling by the teacher of suitable stories from the Bible, stories of primitive peoples, of child life in other lands, of famous persons and peoples; and the oral reproduction of these stories by the pupils.  In this way history, literature, and composition are combined.

     For Method in telling stories, consult How to Tell Stories to
     Children, by Sara Cone Bryant, Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston,
     $1.00.

FORM I

BIBLE STORIES: 

Moses in the Bulrushes, his Childhood, the Burning Bush, the Crossing of the Red Sea, the Tables of Stone; Joseph’s Boyhood Dreams, Joseph sold into Egypt, the Famine, the Visits of his Brethren; David and Goliath; Samson.

Stories of child life: 

The Eskimo Girl, the Andean Girl, the Arabian Girl, the Little Syrian Girl, the Swiss Girl, the Chinese Girl, the African Girl, the German Girl, the Canadian Girl; the Little Red Child, the Little White Child, the Little Black Child, the Little Yellow Child, the Little Brown Child.