1001 Questions and Answers on the Theory and Practice of Teaching

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... Teaching the Higher Branches. HISTORY. 1. What various opinions are there concerning the study of History in school? Many hold that it should be studied in our Common Schools, others that it is a subject proper only for the higher schools, and still others that the facts of History can only be acquired by private reading. 2. Give an argument against the study of History in schools. History cannot be well studied in schools except from com pendiums, and compendiums are less attractive than detailed Histories, and can be more profitably read after the larger Histories. 3. What opinion did the Teacher-President express on this subject? "I insist that it should be made an indispensable condition of graduation in every American College, that the student must understand the history of this continent since its discovery by Europeans, the origin and history of the United States, its constitution of Government, the struggles through which it has passed, and the rights and duties of citizens who are to determine its destiny and share its glory."--J. A. Garfield. A.. What was Dr. Arnold's plan of a first book in History? A picture-book of memorable deeds which best appeal to the child's imagination, arranged with order of time, but with no other connection; the letter press simply but fully telling the story of the action depicted. This would form the starting point, and the child would be curious to know more about the great men whose acquaintance he had made. 5. What are the two leading objects to be kept in view in the study of U. S. History? (1) To imprint on the young mind the leading facts of the History of our country, (2) to arouse a love for the study which the pupil will carry with him in after life. 6. What bad method of...