AGRICULTURAL NATURE STUDY OUTLINES 
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IV. OUTLINES FOR THE FOURTH GRADE 
1. Human Needs, Interests, and Activities 
Seasonal activities .—Review in general as given in previous grades. 
Take some one field crop as barley, wheat, or alfalfa and make a 
detailed study of processes and operations in raising the crop from 
the preparation of the soil to the final marketing of the crop. 
Seasonal needs .—Review in general as given in previous grades. 
Take some one need, as clothing, or shelter, and have children find out 
just how this need may be supplied—factors, materials, labor, etc. 
Social interests .—The year’s recreation activities. Plans and pro¬ 
grams. Social and educational values. Games and play on the school 
grounds. Participation of children and relation of experiences. What 
institutions in the community are helping to give a richer social 
content to neighborhood life. 
Health needs .—Hygiene for the school and home and community. 
Personal responsibility of pupils. Refer to some good elementary 
text on physiology for material and rules for the promotion of good 
health. Good and bad teeth and their relation to health. Structure 
and care of the teeth. Use of teeth. Use of the toothbrush. Work 
of the dentist. Muscles, uses, movements, etc. Bones and their 
relation to muscles. Good positions of the body. Value of good 
habits in posture of body while young. Value and necessity of exer¬ 
cise. A health reader on the above topics may be used in class. Do 
good, thorough work in this connection. 
