SECOND GRADE FALL WORK 85 



LESSON VII 

 SAND AND CLAY 



Compare pulverized clay and sand. Note their colors. 

 Let a box of both stand an hour in the sunshine, then test 

 their temperatures. Pour a little water upon each. Why 

 does it so quickly disappear in the sand and not in the clay ? 

 Clay is impervious to water. Which, then, absorbs more 

 water? Examine both with a lens, and note difference in 

 texture. 



Note how plastic the wet clay is, and how easily it can be 

 molded into any desired shape, while the sand will scarcely 

 cohere at all, and can be used only for modeling maps, etc., 

 in school. Describe a clay formation; a sand bed. Let 

 the pupils visit each, if practicable. 



Bake a sample of each, and discuss the many uses of clay 

 in the arts, by both primitive and civilized man. 



LESSON VIII 

 THE STORE SOURCE OF HOME SUPPLIES 



Name several kinds of stores that you know about. 

 Where do we get our clothing? From what kind of store 

 do we get our shoes? What do we get from the grocery 

 store? the meat market? the greengrocer's? Where do 

 we buy our medicines? our jewelry? What house supplies 

 do we get from a hardware store ? Which of all these 

 stores is the most important ? Which furnishes us with less 

 important things? What should we do if there were no 

 stores ? 



In olden times, when there were few stores, people had 



