74 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
The study of a particular period; e. g., the poets of the Nineteenth 
Century. The study of a single literary form e. g., the novel. 
Geography. 
Laboratory and library work. Reports of field trips and outlines of 
"lessons based on field trips. 
Mathematics. 
Educational values in arithmetic. A primary course. Treatment of 
topics. Practical life relations. 
Similar objects in Algebra and Geometry. 
Physics. 
Laboratory exercises. Written discussion of special topics showing 
the manner of treatment of the subject matter of Physics in its adaptation 
to the elementary grades. Application of Physics in bridge building, electric 
appliances, etc. 
Drawing. 
Exercises in construction; working drawings and patterns. 
Exercises in construction; working drawings and patterns. Objects 
made of paper. Exercises in representation, design. Decorative treat¬ 
ment of space. The applications of design. Original illustration. 
Physical Training. 
Photographs of the Gymnasium and its equipment and of classes at 
work on the floor. Printed cards giving items of importance in a physical 
examination used as a foundation for hygienic advice to the students. Writ¬ 
ten tests on lectures to the Senior class on school and personal hygiene, 
with special reference to the effects of the muscular exercises, and the place 
of Physical Training in a scheme of education. 
Nature Study. 
Special topics requiring independent study and observation. Note 
books. Collections of insects. Habits and values of insects. The adapta¬ 
tions in the grades. 
Manual Training. 
Set of models involving the use of about fifty tools and some seventy 
exercises. Original work in design and decoration. 
Vocal Music. 
Essays on topics discussed in the class. Lesson plans for exercises in 
the elementary grades. 
Psychology. 
Outlines of each term’s work prepared by students from class recita¬ 
tions. 
Specimens of the various lines of child study. 
General observation. 
Continued study of an individual child. 
Answers to a syllabus on language development. 
