274 THE COMING OF MAN 



Hand Work 



The pupils should be encouraged to attempt the vari- 

 ous ways of expressing thought without the use of spoken 

 or written words. The leaflet gives opportunity for the 

 study of picture-writing on a totem pole, and for reading 

 and writing a rebus. If the children should now learn the 

 deaf-and-dumb alphabet, it might sometime add greatly to 

 their ability to do helpful service. 



OPENING TALK 



How many of you can talk by making signs with your 

 fingers? What do those signs stand for? Letters! But 

 l)eople had words and spoke together long before they 

 had letters to represent the sounds. Can you think of 

 some signs you would make to some one who could not 

 understand English? What motion would you make if 

 you wanted to say river? hill? something to eat? 



How people came to have an alphabet with which to 

 write makes our story to-day. When we have finished 

 it we will look at another and earlier way of writing, by 

 pictures and signs, and see if you can make out the rebus 

 on your leaflet. 



