THE STUDY OF THE RABBIT. 43 



Minor Aims. To lead the children to observe the 

 habits and structure of the rabbit, and see how they are 

 adapted to its life and home; to enable them to gain 

 definite knowledge which may be used in later work ; 

 to develop their powers of observation, expression, and 

 thought. 



MATERIAL. 



Absolutely necessary are one or two living rabbits, 

 in schoolroom or in school-yard, confined if necessary 

 in boxes or cages enclosed in wire netting. 



Helpful will be a box of sand in which the rabbits 

 can dig or burrow, the skeleton or picture of the skele- 

 ton of a rabbit or of the rabbit's head, to show the 

 gnawing and grinding teeth, and pictures illustrating 

 their home and habits. Living or mounted specimens 

 of at least two or three closely related animals, such 

 as the squirrel, mouse, and rat, and of dissimilar ani- 

 mals, such as the cat, are necessary for good work in 

 comparison and classification. Pictures will be helpful 

 if the animals themselves cannot be obtained. 



HELPFUL LITERATURE AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING. 



1. Joel Chandler Harris's Nights with Uncle Remus. 



2. Joel Chandler Harris's Daddy Jake the Runaway. 



3. Cowper's Poems. Epitaph on a Hare and accom- 



panying note. 



4. Bret Harte's Poems. Battle Bunny. 



5. La Fontaine's Fables. Translated by Elizur 



Wright. 



