﻿INDIANA UNIVERSITY STUDIES 



NO. 17 BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA NOVEMBER, 1912 



Prefatory Note 



The circumstances of the origin of this study, and the ma- 

 terials on which it is based, are set forth in the introduction. In 

 brief, the study is the outgrowth of a desire to get as definite and 

 tangible information about practices and tendencies in the teach- 

 ing of history in the elementary schools as was embodied in a 

 former study on the teaching of history in the high schools. A 

 large number of school officials and teachers have responded to re- 

 quests for informatioin in this search, and it is believed that the 

 data collected, and Mr. Try on 's tabulation and criticism of it, are 

 of sufficient value to warrant their presentation in this form to the 

 teaching public. It may be added that the study in a more ex=- 

 tended form has been presented by Mr. Tryon and accepted by 

 the School of Education as a thesis for the degree of Master of 

 Arts. 



Samuel B. Hakding, 

 Professor of European History. 



William W. Black, 

 Dean of the School of Education. 



December 12, 1912. 



