104 Education through Nature 



' i . facts reviewed in natural order 



2. meaning of observed facts 



3. new facts and new relations of facts 

 Analysis -I 4. some truths emphasized 



5. subject vitalized by the teacher 



6. The whole summarized 



7. Reference to literature and biography 



1. PREPARATION: (a) Read and confirm what the 

 best authors have to say on the subject; (6) arrange 

 what you wish to say with the needs of your pupils in 

 view; (c) develop in yourself some enthusiasm for the 

 work. 



2. TIME: One period. 



3. METHOD: Lecture (telling). (8) See Part I, 

 Chapter II, Section IX. 



4. AIM: (a) To review important facts; (&) to ar- 

 range facts; (c) to create enthusiasm; (d) to prepare 

 the pupil by actual example for the logical arrange- 

 ment and the clear expression of what he knowSi about 

 the subject; (e) to impart such knowledge as has 

 escaped the pupil or may be too difficult to discover; 

 (/) to remind the pupil how much more there is to 

 accomplish. 



5. POINT: (a) The dryest facts may be so com- 

 bined and arranged as to make a clear picture, about 

 which an enthusiastic teacher can relate the important 

 incidents of an interesting story. (See Part II, Chap- 

 ter I.) 



6. PRESENTATION: (a) Have something to- say 

 before you say it; (6) use good language, but avoid 

 technical or unfamiliar terms; (c) illustrate on the 

 board, with colored crayon, as you speak, thus holding 

 the attention by appealing to both eye and ear; (d) use 

 the animated conversational style, and let yoiy: en- 

 thusiasm express itself in your features, and in the 

 modulations of the voice; (e) do not talk around the 

 point, to the point; (/) stop talking when, you have 

 nothing to say worth mentioning; (g) a question 



