story |
|12th grade} |U.S. Hist. & Civics|U.S. Hist. & Civics|
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | | |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| PLAN 4 | PLAN 5 | PLAN 6 |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| 9th grade Loc. Hist., Civics |Ancient History |Recent history |
| and Industries | | Local Civics |
| | | Local Indust. |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
|10th grade Ancient History |Med. & Mod. Hist. |{Indust. Hist. 1/2 |
| | |{Commer. Hist. 1/2 |
| | | Ancient History |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
|11th grade Med. & Mod. Hist. |{Eng. History 1/2 |Mod. & Med. or |
| |{U. S. History 1/2 | Eng. History |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
|12th grade U. S. Hist. & Civics|{U. S. History 1/2 |U. S. History |
| |{Civics 1/2 | Civics |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+

QUERIES

1. Which of the above plans appeals to you most? Why so?

2. What is the plan of organization in the school observed?

3. What courses are prescribed, and what are elective? Do you approve?

4. How many recitation periods per week are allotted to the work in
each course? Is this wise?

5. Is there one period per week devoted to "unassigned" or "unprepared"
class work?

6. If so, how is the period employed?

7. Do you approve of such a period as a regular feature of the course?

8. What justification is there in making the first year's work consist
of "Local History, Civics, and Industries"?

9. What argument is there for placing Ancient History in the 12th
grade, and making it an elective study?

10. Is the work in Advanced Civics presented in a separate course, or
is it correlated and interwoven with the work in U. S. History?

11. What arguments can you give for and against the practice?

12. What is