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eighth grade (1) ; more American life and biography; have too 

 much study of Ancient history which children do not understand 

 (1) ; use primary history of the United States in sixth and seventh 

 grades (1). Total, 5. 



4. English Jiistory: More English history (1); put English 

 history in fifth and sixth grades (1) ; English liistory in the sixth 

 grade (1) ; some regular work on Ancient and English history (1) ; 

 put English history back into the course (1). Total, 5. 



5. European liistory: German history better for the fifth 

 grade (1) ; doubt the propriety of any European history except 

 English (1) ; put European history in high school where it belongs 

 (1) ; drop out large part of European history, further simplify and 

 correlate around a larger radius (1) ; more ancient and European 

 history stories (2); emphasize European history more (1). 

 Total, 7. 



6. Greek and Roman history: Too many Greek myths in third 

 grade (1); give in this order: Oriental. Greek, Roman, German, 

 English and United States (1) ; eliminate all Greek, Roman, and 

 Hebrew history (1); take out all myths in lower grades (1). 

 Total, 4. 



7. Additions: Put more history in lower grades (1) ; increase 

 the material, begin book in fourth grade (1) ; more biography in 

 grades VI, VII, and VIII (1) ; more extended work in parallel read- 

 ings and current topics (3) ; more time for history (9) ; more 

 stories in lower grades (3) ; more oral history (1) ; uniform work 

 in all grades (1) ; read more and tell more stories (1) ; should be 

 some work in grades V and VII (1) ; add one-half year of special 

 intensive study (1) ; make work in lower grades more intensive 

 (1). Total, 24. 



8. Correlations: Thorough and systematic correlation of his- 

 tory, EngHsh, and geography (1) ; a well graduated set of historical 

 readers arranged as a unit to use in grades II, III, IV, V, and VI 

 (1) ; am planning a course in history as supplementary reading 

 (1) ; correlate reading and history more closely (1) ; more correla- 

 tion, course logical and progressive (5) ; better books for correla- 

 tion (1). Total, 10. 



9. Relating to Committee of Eight: Adopt Committee of 

 Eighths course (2) ; change sixth year to that of the Committee of 

 Eight (1) ; Committee of Eight, except sixth grade (1). Total, 4. 



10. Texthoohs: Simple text in sixth grade (1) ; have uniform 

 text in state in grades V and VI (1) ; state should adopt a two- 



