isua-isnscatalog-1891-1892-079

Description:	78ANNUAL CATALOGUE.academic aspects, but to ascertain what he knows of it from ateachers point of view. The psychology of the subject, itsmethod and its educational value are considered in these examinations. As indicating somewhat the character of such examinations, the following questions on the common school branchesare printed:UNITED STATES HISTORY.1. State some prominent organizing principle in U. S. History, and indicate how you would organize the History of theUnited States upon this principle.2. What faculties of mind should be cultivated by the studyof history. Name them in the order of prominence, and indicate how you would cultivate each in History work.3. Give a list of reference books that you would use ititeaching I J. S. History. State how you would use them, andwhat educational value the use of them would be to students.4. What is meant by the institutional life of the Americanpeople? Give a sketch of the growth of the State from 1607 tothe present time in America, and state what value this line ofknowledge may be made to the student of History.5. When would you lay the foundation for the study of theU. S. Constitution? How would you lay it? What are someof the important purposes in studying the U. S. Constitution?6. Give your estimate of teaching history by having pupilsmemorize much in the text-book. State exactly what has beenyour plan of teaching U. S. History.7. Show a common thread of thought in the French andIndian War, Declaration of Independence—any great measureof the Constitution that you may select—the Louisiana Purchase,Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law and the EmancipationProclamation.8. What effect did the purchase of Louisiana have upon theinstitutional life in America?9. What is the object in dividing U. S. History into periods?State any evil tendency that has come from teaching it so. Whatperiods would you divide our U. S. History into and upon whatbasis ?
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