﻿HISIOET STUDY IX THE ELE3IEXTAKT SCHOOLS 



9 



Work cuiineered with language aud geography i^hiinter life) 1 



Mythological, biographical, and historical stories 1 



Hebrew and Xorse life 2 



Biographical sketches 2 



Oral reproduction of historical stories 3 



Work correlated with nature study and language 1 



Stories from "Aesop's Fables" 1 



Talks on family, home, and special days 1 



Stories and some simple bi^iirraphit^s 1 



Work based on Eggleston's "Grear Americans for Little Americans' . 1 



History work in the nature of general lessons 1 



Simple history stories — American chiefly 1 



Names ot president, g >vernor. aud school officers 1 



Stories in Dopp's 'Tree Dwellers" and 'Early Cave ]\len" 2 



General history stories 7 



Bible stories 2 



Stories of Rome 1 



Stories of the Old World 1 



Community life 1 



Story of 'Agoonach" i Andrews" 'Seven Little Sisters") 2 



History stories told by the teacher, no regular work outlined 4 



It is evident tliat Indian, pioneer, and primitive life combined 

 receive the most attention in the fii'st grade history course. Re- 

 uronping the foregoing material under larger headings, one has 

 the following classification. 



General Topics Frcquencij 



Indian life 96 



Pioneer life TO 



Primitive life (not included in 1 and 2 i 19 



Stories, biographies, and eeleliraticu^ connected with United States 



history 57 



Local history and civics (commimity life, home and neighborhood, etc.) 15 



Elementary Old World history 13 



Miscellaneous and indefinite 42 



The nniformity shown in the above is dne largely to the fact 

 that so many Indiana systems are represented in the report. Both 

 Indian and pioneer life are found in the Indiana State ('^^wv<- of 

 Study in history for this grade: and forty-tliree of the replies from 

 Indiana connties and towns follow the state course. It is evident 

 that most of the material in fim grade history is taken from five 

 rather distinct fields. The significant fact is the extreme variety 

 of topics in each field. 



A word of explanation is needed in regard to the frequencies 

 in the above tabulations. The 290 cases shown here are accounted 

 for bv the fact that in manv instances the same school svstem 



