History of Our Country: A Text-Book for Schools (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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In each lesson, the story of the text should in some way be connected with the every-day life and experience of the pupil. The outline and most of the events of our country's history may be readily grasped by minds of moderate maturity and experience; but in the life of an enlightened people like our own, there are necessarily subjects whose thorough comprehension requires considerable information and mental development. The wise teacher will note the intellectual strength of his class in relation to the deep places of the subject. Local surroundings, peculiarities of individual pupils will suggest plans to connect the known with the unknown, the present with the past, the near-at-hand with the far-away. An event or question beyond the mental horizon of an immature class should be touched upon lightly, or deferred for later study.

Each historical event should be associated in the learner's mind with other events. Isolated facts are soon forgotten. In the beginning of each recitation, call up the past events with which the lesson of the day is directly connected. Certain pupils may be appointed to investigate and report to the class special lines of review as Relation of France to American History, Important American Inventions, Outline of Tariff Legislation, etc., etc.

Whenever practicable, present the story objectively or pictorially. The learner never gets too mature to be profited by the occasional use of simple devices that appeal to the sense of sight. The charts on pages 50 and 108 will suggest plans that may be worked out by teacher and class, and used to great advantage in reviews. It is needless to say that portraits, pictures, and historic relics have their value in this connection.

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