New Jersey State Normal and Model 
Schools. 
EXHIBIT TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION AT 
ST. LOUIS. 
The exhibit filled six cabinets besides a number of bound 
volumes and a considerable wall space of mounted work. The 
plan for the exhibit was as follows: To represent each grade, 
each class and each department of the school by a number of 
specimens of work so selected that they would show the de¬ 
velopment of the subject being taught, especially with refer¬ 
ence to the object of the teacher, whether to convey academic 
information or a knowledge of the relative values of subject 
matter and their adaptation to pupils, as in Pedagogy. 
The work sent was of course the honest work of the pupils, 
but it was the best work, as only that could give a clear idea 
through the pupil of the object of the teacher. To illustrate 
more fully, part of the exhibits were as follows: 
NORMAL. 
History. 
Papers showing: 
The Normal student’s ability to compile an accurate, vivid, lucid narra¬ 
tive, based upon accounts given by several secondary historians. Specific 
references assigned by the teacher. 
Student’s ability to trace political and social development through 
various stages of progress. Specific references assigned by the teacher. 
Student’s ability to outline a topic assigned for study, and to select 
references to be used in investigation from three different libraries. 
Student’s ability to adapt subject matter on a given topic to a given 
grade, together with suggestions as to the treatment of the material and the 
use of pictures, maps and charts in a series of lessons planned. 
English. 
Work in composition under narration and description; sketches, de¬ 
scriptions, autobiographies, letters and themes. The art of correcting. 
Formal debates on practical subjects. 
Character sketches based upon a study of classics. Comparative study 
of different versions of the same poem. Outlining of term’s work. 
Graded course in Literature. Descriptive picture study—interpreta¬ 
tion. Plan for eighth grade work. A Character Sketch. Simplified and 
original stories based upon myths; dramatization of stories for primary 
grades. 
