The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-20

BY GEORGE R. WILSON, COUNTY sup'r.
A Plan for Silent Reading as an
Aid In School Governments.

A Plan for silent Reading as ,
AID In School Governments.
70 The following plan will serve 10 {
. cupy the bright boy OF . class -
would other wise have time for mischi
. 20 spur on the dull boy, and to instru
e and please every one.
,. A beginning 10 made BY Q reouest I
y good magazines and papers that 1
% wanted no longer ct home. II the oil
!. 10 enthusiastically presented, the teach
. VIII coon have large assortment
Q printed matter TO select from. Il 20
: without saying that sensational stories
!, romance and adventure are taboos
The determination Of good from trash
articles may teach some pupils Z ALA
! Lesson which they much need.
The next requisites are some sheets I
brown paper, fsthead Fasteners !
clamps. shears, and mucilsRe. Invil
pupils to meet together at some conven
lent time TO help make the little book
for silent reading when lessons A.
learned. The teacher should make a.
.ecuons from tho magazines. markiu,
the stories, and handing them to one &c
OF the children to cut out neatly
Some can be simply detached fro
to rest OF the book. aud should b,
fac ened By other pupils, in . bro wn ps
per cut TO it, The books are then and
cd to third cot OF workers the good
writers who put the name Of the etory
and its author on the cover. Ifs story
le cut from paper, II may be pssted In
the columns on sheet Of paper. then
sewed in . cover, aud the name written
- before.
when the books are flushed. let them
Dc put In convenient place where ever
member Of the class can get one without
disturbing the rest When lessons Ara
learned before time allotted 10 study Il
up, tnese books may be taken, the only
penalty being that II . pupil reads who
afterwards fails Ia lis recitation, he for.
leite for certain time, the right to use
Inc books. Some children are fouder OF
Items Of scientific or literary nature
han Of stories. Most magazines have
hort or long articles Of this kind, and 90
I Will come about that 10 the effort to
provide tor oil tastes, quite . little scien.
Inc or literary branch Of the larger II.
9rary Will be prepared. One book NAV
% called "CuriOus Facts." anothcr
Items About Noted People," smother.
'Antmsls aud Iusects," and 90 on. each
icing composed Of . number OF clip.
'ings on the subject
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How I Teach United States His.
tory.
A D. BlTTNER. PENNSYLVANIA
Ny history class consists of seven
right girls aud boys Thev are from
su to thirteen ys.rs Of age. And have
nst begun to study this important
ranch: The textbook used 10 our
chool 10 United States History. We are
OF satisded With whst 10 contsined in
lis book. so | keep on my desk such
istories - are adapted to the needs Of
oung minds. "The American History .
tories. BY Mara L. Pratt, sn1 Egelec.
me First Book In American Historvn.
70 among the books We use.
The recitation is conducted In this
tanner: Suppose the topic given to be !
The Pilgrim Fsthers." The pupils
'sd up this topic 10 sll the histories 10 !
we In the school.ro0m. Each pupil Z
rites ise question, upon . clip OF %. ..
,r which are brought to class : here the :,
pic 10 read BY the class. after which \
'ch pupil reads bis questions. the rest i
'swering them. II 10 expected Of ev. I
y pupil TO be able to answer his own :
90 that he can answer them !,
case none Of the other pupils can. Y
The scho ocl.r00m 10 barren OF maps !,
large sheet Of msnills paper is I
0rned with On outline map OF United =
ates, and 10 used to put down the !.
mes OF the settlements, together with =
Q dates OF the came. y =
The next day the pupils read over the :. :.
me topic again, this timc gathering ;.
ore Information. This time We have : :,
neral talk upon the topic. Each OF - -
. pupils talls what be knows, ssd Of =
bat strange stories he he's read about :.
. topic under consideration. !. I.
The teacher expIsins any interesting =
:ts the puptIs may not nave noticed.
ould the pupils tell him anything that ?
did not know before, he 1t once &C. ri
0wledges the fact. This encourages v
} class TO study the books more and :.
,re. r.
On the third day the topic IL conclud. -
Before school time. from twenty to s. s.
enty.dve questions are written upon ~ ~
, board. Such questions are taken VI
placed Ia order, 80 that they outline ~
, topic clearly These are answered ri III
lily BY the class. The pupils are en- a.,
iraged to tell more than the outline n,
luires. When We have told AZ much "A
the topic - We know, the pupils tskc NJ N,
IL slates, aud In their own words III ii
ite oil they can. following the outline ch
the board. The result Is usually the 81
lr sides OF their double slates filed al
tn facts CLOSELY written. Esch reads so
own aloud in class. which IL then sn
'rected BY the teacher, and IL found In,
~ good, the pupil Il allowed 10 re. +
lte II on paper. The manuscript 10
sserved for future reference. - Popular
ucator.
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The business Of education 10 not, 40 I vi
INK, to perfect the learner In any Of col