6 BULLETIN 385^ V. S. DEPAETMEN"T OF AGEICULTURE. 



much outside work. This would give a value of three-eighths to the 

 practical work. Wherever the recitation course is optional, the 

 home work should be a part of that course to be necessary for all who 

 elect the course. In all such cases the methods of applying rank 

 and credit are explained in the first case. 



CASE ni. NO COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. 



In many rural communities where no course in agriculture has 

 been mtroduced there is already more or less organized project work, 

 which may be utilized by the schools. In some cases this is organized 

 club work and in others it results from the interest and activity of 

 the teachers. Where such conditions exist it is possible to use one 

 of the two methods which have proven successful in some sections of 

 the country. 



Correlation method. — The teacher may plan to utilize the home work 

 for the vitalizing of other school subjects. While this should be done, 

 whether there is a course in agriculture or not, it provides a means 

 for linking the school to the home in the absence of such courses.^ 



The teacher may have plans drawn, sketches made, problems solved, 

 reports written, and letters prepared as a part of the home project, 

 but credit each on the school rank m drawing, arithmetic, language, 

 and other school branches. While this work is both project work and 

 school work the rank is strictly school rank, and whUe the pupU is 

 forwarding his project work he is getting real school credit for the 

 educational phase. 



Extra subject metliod. — Other school authorities have decided that 

 home work should be ranked as an extra school subject, carrying 

 weight in proportion to the work done, not to exceed one 5-hour 

 subject. This limit might be made less than five units if desired. 

 Where home work counts as a separate subject we might have the 

 following conditions, based on three hours' credit per week: 



Rank. Credit. Total. 



Arithmetic 80 X 5 = 400 



Language 85 X 4 = 340 



History 90 X 5 = 450 



Geography 87 X 3 = 261 



Home projects 90 X 3 = 270 



20 ) 1, 721 



General average 85 



Variations of this plan may be easily made to fit any local system 

 of credits. 



1 This subject lias been developed in recent bulletins issued by this department as IT. S. Dept. Agr. Buls. 

 132 (1915), Correlating Agriculture with Tublio School Subjects in the Southern States, and 281 (1915), 

 Correlating Agi-ieulture with Public School Subjects in the Northern States. 



