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Excerpt from The Teaching of Geography, History and Civics This monograph discusses the teaching of History, Geography and Civics in the elementary schools. It contains a course of study in each of these subjects. While these are treated separately, they are all parts of the one general subject, Social Studies. An attempt has been made to establish a relationship between the three. These subjects are of great value. They are, after Reading, among the most useful in the common school curriculum. They have a direct relation to good citizenship - the great purpose of the schools - as few other subjects have. Their study is neces sary if we recognize the importance of man's relation to his fellows. They furnish abundant life, which is not their sole practical value but is a part of their value. They are full of interest and content as no other subjects are, literature alone excepted. T'hey furnish resources for the use of leisure time. If well taught, they inspire patriotism, appreciation of one's country, and recognition of one's obligation to serve it. They cultivate, if well taught, tolerance, imagination and judgment. They make large demands upon the teacher. The wider her reading, the more she has studied, the more she has traveled, the larger her vision, so much the better teacher will she be, pro vided she does not talk too much in recitations - the temptation of the teacher, particularly in these subjects. If she knows how to get work from pupils, if she has a positive enthusiasm for the worth of geography, history and civics, and can make this enthusiasm contagious, the results of her teaching can be no other than to make some community and neighborhood of the future a better community and neighborhood for men, women and children to live in because she has been a teacher there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of