Forward Looking Lessons in U. S History (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Forward Looking Lessons in U. S History After trying to teach United States History in schools of California for twenty years, using such texts as were available, the writer felt that he had never succeeded. No matter what plan he followed, nearly one-half of each class lost interest before the end was reached. Seeking for improvement, these lessons were developed. Each lesson was dictated to an average class, the pupils writing in their blank-books. The comprehension of the weaker members was constantly borne in mind. The following day the recitation took place. The abler ones gave it in their own language. It was considered no disgrace for the others to recite verbatim. For all there was a steady increase of vocabulary and history. When the usual questions were asked, all were ready with complete answers. At the end of the year the ability of the class, compared to that of the many preceding ones, was agreeably surprising. More than ninety per cent of them had retained interest in the study and were able to speak and write upon almost any topic fluently and correctly. For ten years past the lessons have been used, in different localities, by seventh and eighth grade teachers, and all report decided success. The best eighth grade teacher the writer has known said that she had always felt she was a failure in teaching United States History until she tried these lessons. With them her pupils were so enthusiastic and anxious to discourse on the subject, she knew she had become a success. Another eighth grade teacher said if she should be superseded she would take every history blank-book away with her and that then her successor could never reach the high standard she had attained. 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 an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.