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INDIANA UNIVERSITY STUDIES 



European Jiistury be tanglit apart from American history? If so, what 

 liekls, and in, what grades? (5) What worlj; is now done in civics? (G) 

 Can civics best be taught as a separate course, or in connection with 

 American history? (7) What place does local history have? (8) What 

 correlation is made with: Heading? Language work? Geography? Is 

 the history of a country preceded, paralleled, or followed by its geography? 

 (9) What changes would you make in your course? 



III. Oeal Teachi:xg.— (1) To what extent, and in what grades, is the 

 instruction in history oral? (2) What special preparation for story-telling 

 has been made by the teacher? (3) Do you require written or oral repro- 

 duction, or both? In what grades? (4) Is it desirable, or not, to reciuire 

 or encourage note-taking on oral teaching? (5) Give any suggestions you 

 can regarding oral teaching? 



IV. Use or Textbooks. — (1) In what grades are history textbooks in 

 the hands of the pupils? (2) In assigning a lesson, what help is given 

 by the teacher in the way of outlining, going over the lesson in advance 

 with the pupils, etc.? 



V. Notebooks. — (1) Are notebooks required? In what grades? (2) 

 What material is entered in them? 



VI. Map Woek. — (1) What use do you make of wall maps? (2) 

 What use is made of maps in the textbooks? (3) Do you require map- 

 making in history? In what grades? How frequently? Are the maps 

 drawn or traced, or are prepared outlines used? 



VII. SuppLEMEXTARY AiDS, — (1) Do you require supplementary read- 

 ing? If so, in what grades and what amounts? (2) What use do you make 

 of pictures? (3) To what extent do you have pupils examine relics and 

 other objects (as Indian bows and arrows, spinning wheels, etc.)? (4) To 

 what extent are constructive activities employed (wig^'am-making. weav- 

 ing, modeling, drawing)? (5) What, if anything, has been done by your 

 school in the way of historical pageants or the dramatization of history? 



VIII. Additioxal SrGGESTioxs. — Please state any additional devices 

 that have proved successful in your work. 



Method of Treatment. In this report, the topics are not 

 treated in the same order as in the questionnaire. The eight gen- 

 eral divisions shown above have been condensed into three, viz.. 

 Materials and Snbject-matter, l\Iethods and Devices, and Admin- 

 istration. The general plan follovred in tabnlating the materials 

 and subject-matter in the grades has been to list everything tanght 

 in each grade, and at the same time to indicate the nnmber of sys- 

 tems teaching each topic in each grade. A general summary then 

 follows, indicating the prevailing tendency in each grade. Wher- 

 ever possible, tables have been made to show comparisons among 

 the various gTades. The method followed throughout by the writer 

 has been to submit the tabulated material, and so far as possible 

 let it tell its own story. Elaborate comments have been purposely 

 omitted. 



