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On careful examination, the above table shows that the great 

 majority of systems have no rule regarding the frequency of map- 

 making. In fact, 149 of the 187 totals fall in this group. Where 

 any requirement is made, it often lacks definiteness ; for example 

 'about forty in all'; 'twelve or fifteen during the term', 'one or 

 two per term', etc. As an example of what might be required, the 

 requirements in one course of study for grades VII and VIII are 

 given.* 



I. Maps to be Drawn in First Half of Seventh Year— 

 First week. — Indians, distribution of tribes. 

 Second week. — World in Fifteenth century 

 Tliird week. — Trade routes to the East. 

 Sixth week. — Spanish explorations. 

 Ninth week. — Early voyages. 



Eighteenth week. — European colonies in 1G50 and French explora- 

 tions. 



II. Maps to be Drawn in Second Half or Seventh Year — 

 First week. — Territory after French and Indian Wars. 

 Tliird week. — Revolution in Northern and Middle States. 

 Fourth or Fifth week. — Revolution in Southern States. 

 Seventh week, — Land claims of the thirteen original colonies. 

 Fifteenth week. — Lewis-Clark's route and the United States in 

 1810-1812. 



III. Maps to be Drawn in First Half of Eighth Year — 



First week. — Missouri compromise. 

 Second week. — United States in 1825. 

 Sixth week.— Territory acquired from Mexico. 

 Ninth week. — Confederate and Union territory. 

 Note. — Trace all campaigns of the Civil War on outline maps in the 

 tablet. 



IV. Maps to be Drawn in Second Half of EIghth Year— 



First week. — ^Territorial growth of the United States to 1867. 

 Fourth week.— Trace Union Pacific Railroad on map of United 

 States. 



Tenth week. — Standard time belts. 



Fourteenth week.— United States and its possessions. 

 The writer does not mean to say that the above requirements 

 are ideal, but he does want to make the point emphatic that any 

 requiremjCnts as definite as the above will get better results than 

 the plan usually followed as shown by the preceding tabulation.^ 



How Maps are Made. Most of the 217 systems reporting for 

 this phase of the work either have the maps drawn or use pre- 

 pared outlines — 118 cases of the former and fifty of the latter. 

 Besides the above two methods, maps are traced in eight systems ; 

 drawn or traced in six; drawn and traced in nine; drawn, traced 



<Nashville,5Tenn, Grammar Schooh— Handbook in Geography and History. 



