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INDIANA UNIVERSITY STUDIES 



Early Colonial history and pioneer life in America 29 



State and local history 5 



Total 216 



Old World History — 



Greek and Roman history 22 



English history 9 



Total 31 



Miscellaneous and indefinite 38 



The above summary shows two tendencies in the fifth grade, 

 viz. : the predominance of American history, and the practice of 

 placing a history text in the hands of the pupils. The replies from 

 Indiana had much to do in increasing the number of cases where 

 texts are in the hands of the pupils, this being a rather general 

 practice in this state. 



Sixth Grade. All of the 238 systems tabulated offer some 

 histoiy in this grade. The material shows a lack of uniformity. 

 Makers of courses of study are not yet certain just what history 

 should be taught in gTade six. Of the field, American history 

 holds the lead, with English history a close second. Outside of In 

 diana, American history prevails, while inside the state most cities 

 and counties have English history. The following is a complete 



tabulation of material found in this grade. 



Topics and Fields Included Frequency 



Material based on American History — 



Gordy's 'Leaders and Heroes' 24 



Tappan's 'Our Country's Stories' 0 



Tappan's 'American Hero Stories' 5 



American history 12 



McMaster's 'Primary History of the United States' 5 



Montgomery's 'Beginners' American History' 21 



Primary history of the United States 5 



Mowry's 'First Steps in the History of Our Country' 3 



Biography of typical men and events in pioneer America 1 



Great Americans and early discoverers 1 



Biography, colonial period, and men -of recent times 2 



Mace's 'Primary History of the United States'... 1 



Indians of the Northeast 1 



Discovery, exploration, and colonization 2 



United States history from biographical standpoint 1 



Southworth's 'Builders of Our Country', Book 1 2 



Eggleston's 'First Book in American History' 3 



Spanish and French settlements 1 



United States histoi-y, Revolutionary and National periods 1 



