Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-04-02
OF OUR SOCIAL LIFE
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cement work, rope knots and spices,
sewing, etc.
This is followed during the third
year by the study of living things
live stock, poultry, birds. pests, i'm
sects, and by cooking activities.
The objects to be studied the fourth
year are soil, home. and community,
including soil fertility and cultiva-
ton, identifying the home, health and
sanitation, social and community well
fare.
AS with the study of growing
things, the work is to be adapted to
the different grades so with the
succeeding groups, the way in which
they are studied must be determined
by the state of developmnt of the
pupils. The important feature to bear
in mind is that the thought and ac-
tivity of the entire schools is unified
and intensified by having all the pu-
pills studying the same group of
things the same year. After the four
years have been completed, begin
again with the first year thus will
pupils who study growing things get
their first year in school also study
them again during their fifth year
and once more during their ninth.
This unified thought and action in the
school will have a wonderful effect
throughout the community in the way
of arousing intrest in what the pu-
pills are studying and doing, thus ere
ating a strong cooperative spirit.
The Second Aim. That of develop
ing skill in the fundamental processes
Of reading, oral expression, writing,
and arithmetic, can be best realized
by using material taken from the con-
structive activities and study Of real
things outlined above. This work
be included in the program of every
school year and sufficient time allotted
to the different processes to insure
the highest results.
With the lower grades, the best
Primary Methods in use today should
be Employed In the intermediate
and grammar grades history and
geography should be added and all of
the work in this division closely cor
related with the real things being
studied. The high school division
should include elementary science and
applied mathematics, the study of
these being motivated by the prob
lens arising from the constructive
activities and study of real things.
The Third Aim. That of cultivat-
ing normal growth, physical strength
and bodily control is really first in
Importance and should always be up
permost in the teachers mind. We
realize at last the folly of attempt
ing to educate the child and at the
same time neglect his physical well
being. The new Health Work in
the schools, where health habits are
made automatic and the pupils are
taught to think health in terms of
strength and beauty and joy, will fit
into this plan perfectly. AS likewise
will the new physical training that
gives the pupil the kind of exercise
he needs instead of the specialized
and commercialized athletics of our
high schools and colleges.
The Fourth Aim. Or Moral and
Aesthetic Trtaning, Should be real
lied through the proper cultivation
of the emotions and the building of
fine ideals and high standards. Thrift
habits, music in all its forms, drama
tization, art, all of these can be cor
related with the other in a vital way.
Civic activities, scouting, public inn
provements, social welfare work, all
furnish the most effective means of
developing the highest type of citizen
ship and can be established in this
plan of vitalized education.
The following general outline is an
attempt to present the entire plan as
a unified scheme of education in a
form that can be more readily viewed
as a whole.
AIMS AND METHODS with OBJ
JECTS of STUDY & ACTIVITIES.
l. Increasing the Child's Exper-
fence by means of Constructive Activ-
tiles through Actual Contact with
Real Things.
FOLLOW Rotation Plan With:
1. Growing Things: crops, trees,
gardens, weeds, ETC., and cooking les
sons, canning, drying.
2. Making Things: cardboard,
woodwork, cement, tools & machines,
rome knots & and spices, sewing.
8. Live Things: live stock, poul-
try, birds, insects, pests and cooking.
A. Soil, Home & Community: soil
fertility, cultivation, moisture, sani-
tation, identifying the home, social
and community work.
ii. Developing Skill in the use of
The Fundamental Processes.
Mote: The material for this work
is to be drawn chiefly from the con-
structive activities Of the pupils, or
closely correlated with them.)
To be part Of the child's work
during every year Of his school life.
Reading & oral expression, writing,
composition, spelling, number, arith-
metic, mathematics, geography and
history. In the high schol division
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