JK1759 COPYRIGHT, 1922 BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMFANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. PREFACE IN 1919 the Iowa Legislature passed a law requiring the teaching of citizenship in all grades. Mr. H. C. Moeller, County Superintendent of Schools in Black Hawk County, asked the Extension Department of Iowa State Teachers College to prepare for his teachers an outline for such teaching. It was at the suggestion of Mr. Irving Hart, Director of the Extension Department, that I prepared the outline requested. The outline was prepared in the form of a series of lessons and presented to the teachers of Black Hawk County in General Study Centers in 1919-20. These lessons were put out in pamphlet form the following year by the Extension Department and distributed to the teachers of Iowa. It is this material that forms the basis for the present manual. Coöperation of citizens is the keynote of the manual. The idea of membership in certain groups is, therefore, introduced as the experience of the pupils can grasp such relationships. The pupils thus gradually come to realize what our government means to them and what duties they owe the government. As the opening exercise and special holidays afford an excellent chance for the teaching of American ideals and patriotism, the first pages of the outline give suggestive material for such occasions. For the work with the first six grades the topic method is used. For the higher grades such method was possible only in part, since the manual for these grades is prepared to supplement a definite text, Guitteau's Preparing for Citizenship. Throughout the outline the importance of relating the teaching to the child's experience is stressed. 571541 In preparing the material for the first three grades Cabot's A Course in Citizenship and Patriotism was found very useful. This book is indispensable for teachers in the primary grades and indeed in all grades. A valuable book for the intermediate grades is Sara Cone Bryant's I Am an American. Other books useful to teachers of citizenship and civics are listed at the end of the outline. The original outline was prepared in consultation with Mr. Hart and Mr. Moeller. From their experience they were able to give me valuable and helpful suggestions. HENRY J. PETERSON CONTENTS II. MATERIAL FOR TEACHING LOVE OF COUNTRY AND Material for Opening Exercises Current Events III. OUTLINE FOR GRADES ONE, TWO, AND THREE Aim-Method-Suggestions for developing the Virtues Recreation Beautifying the Community-Com- munication and Transportation - Protection of Life and Property - Poor Relief - Public Money. |