ON TRAtNlNG In ClTlZENSHn'. 8l5 



The LiteratUfe Lesson. — Interest should be aroused in the work of celebrities 

 connected with the district by birth or residence. Local memorials, as statues 

 or tablets, are frequently unknown by the inhabitants. 



The Arithmetic Lesson. — This lesson can be made most practical when 

 approached locally. Exercises on the park (areas) ; local shopping centres (com- 

 pound rates); the river; the industries; Keport of M.O. of Health (practical 

 percentages, decimals, and graphs), &c. 



The Science and Nature Study Lesson. — In elementary schools children 

 should have the phenomena that surround them explained {vide Board cf 

 Education latest circular). Lessons. — Why doesn't a factory chimney fall? 

 Why are water-tanks often above the roofs? How does a motor-bus go? Why 

 do we get gravel here, chalk there, &c. ? The dispersal of seeds of local 

 plants, &c. 



Lollard Street L.C.C. School, N. Lambeth. 

 Class Work (in most cases taken after Outdoor Work). 



1. The Ordnance Map of the district (explanation of conventional signs, &c.). 



2. The district as viewed from some ' outdoor tower ' (top floor of school, 



summit of local hill, &c.), and directions driven home with use of the 

 map. Important buildings noted, e.g. churches, factories, gasometers, &c. 



3. The Physical Features of the district. (In crowded areas, the district 



before the houses. Map to be made.) 



4. The Simple Geology of the district. (Digging operations for sewers, &c. ; 



sections of local borings for wells.) 



5. The Botany of the district. (In crowded areas, the vegetation in local 



parks and other open spaces is of great interest.) 



6. The Growth of the district as traced from old maps. (The manors; the 



old houses marked on modern map. The influence of railway, trams, 

 or new 'bus route can be seen.) 



7. A chat on old views of the district. (Often of value in discussing No. 3.) 



8. The Parish Registers and what they teach us. 



9. The Streets. (Street names. Style of house; when built.) 



10. The Public-houses. (Value of names. The Breweries.) 



11. The Amusements of the district. (Cricket, football, &c. Comparison with 



Amusements of our forefathers. The revival of old dances.) 



12. The Good and Bad Influences at work in the district. (Picture Palaces, 



Public-houses, Eecreation-grounds, Home-gardening, Churches, Scouts, 

 Bands of Hope, Polytechnics, &c.) 



13. The Means of Communication in the district. (Railways, 'buses, tubes, 



trams, canals, &c. Suggestions for improvement.) 



14. The Open Spaces and Recreation-grounds. (Various features compared, &c.) 



15. The Local Industries. (Decayed, decaying, and modern. Causes of growth 



and decay.) 



16. The Important Buildings. (Town Hall, Library, Public Baths, Churches, &c.) 



17. The Local Authorities (work of Borough Council, Board of Guardians, Police 



Authority, &c.). 



18. The Feeding of the locality. (Markets, Milk Supply, &c.) 



19. The Health of the district. (Report of M.O.H., Graphs of Birth and Death 



Rates, &c.) 

 Architectural Development : 



Lambeth Palace. Lambeth Church. Eighteenth and early nineteenth cen- 

 tury houses. 

 The Amusements of the People : 



Survey of Local Amusements. Sports. Kennington Oval. Open spaces. 



Picture Palaces ; Music Halls ; Public-houses ; the Old Pleasure Gardens ; 



Vauxhall Gardens; Duck-shooting in Lambeth Marsh; the last London 



Maypole ; the Regatta — old University Course from Westminster to Putney. 

 The Fight against Disease : 



Report of Medical Officer of Health. Old Parish Registers. Survey of 



Hospitals, Dispensaries, and Medical Missions. 

 Local Government : 



Survey of Lambeth's Local Authorities. The Old Church Vestry— Old 



Vestry Hall— Old and New Town Halls. 



