PMA CUNIV ER ST TY OF CHICAGO Fie 
CONSTRUCTIVE BIBLE STUDIES 
Edited by WILLIAM R. HARPER and ERNEST D. BURTON 
ORIGIN: The Constructive Bible Studies are the outgrowth of the 
conviction that the prevailing systems of Sunday-school instruc- 
tion are insufficient to meet the growing demands of the times. 
PURPOSE: Believing the Sunday school to be the great educational 
branch of the church, the editors of the Constructive Bible Studies 
have sought to produce a series of religious textbooks based on 
the fundamental laws laid down by trained educators. One of 
the most important of these laws is the principle that the curric- 
lum must be adapted to the capacity of the pupils, giving to each 
grade work which is suited in material and method of treatment 
to the stage of development of the pupils. 
PLAN: The Studies comprise four series, each corresponding 10 @ 
definite stage of development in the pupil. 
THE KINDERGARTEN SERIES 
takes up work of a more general character, dealing with. the funds 
mental facts of the Bible and the religious life. 
THE ELEMENTARY SERIES 
is intended as an aid in broadening the view of the Bible a 
and as an introduction to the study of particular books. 
S a whole, 
THE SECONDARY SERIES 
has for its object a closer acquaintance both with th 
e biblical materi 
and with religious concepts. : 
THE ADVANCED SERIES 
has been planned with a view to promoting a more minut 
of the historical data, and naturally invites a discuss ; 
religious problems and the various attempts at their solution: 
te examinatio® 
on of current 
