PART TWO 

 CHAPTER VIII 



TOPICAL OUTLINE BY GRADES AND SEASONS 



[Course used in the Training School of the Illinois State Normal 

 University.] 



The course is based primarily on the relation of the 

 child to its environment. In the following outline of 

 material the repetition of topics is avoided in the inter- 

 mediate and grammar grades, but topics used in the pri- 

 mary grades are sometimes used again in the higher grades, 

 the manner of treatment being of course very different. 

 Except for the seasonal divisions no attempt at chronolog- 

 ical order is made. 



FIRST GRADE 



Fall. — Food: Observation and some participation in the 

 gathering and storage of beans, beets, tomatoes, potatoes, 

 and squash; the flowers and seeds of nasturtium, balsam, 

 and four-o'clock are also gathered in the garden; visit to a 

 farm; the gathering and storage of corn; visit barn, granary, 

 and corncrib to observe storage of crops; observe condi- 

 tion of fields after removal of crops; fall plowing; care of 

 cows, horses, and chickens; turkey in connection with 

 Thanksgiving. 



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