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_Tell a story of a mammoth hunt._

[Illustration: _A Cave-man's hairpin engraved with wild horses._]

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[Illustration: SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS]

"The Industrial and Social History Series," of which this is the third
number, emphasizes, first of all, the steps in the development of
industrial and social life. But in addition to its use as a series of
text-books in history or social science, it has a place as a mode of
approach to the different subjects included in the curriculum of the
elementary school. Whether the work suggested under "Things to Think
About" and "Things to Do" is carried out in the period devoted to the
study and recitation known as history (possibly some may prefer to
call it reading), or in those periods devoted to geography, nature
study, language, constructive work, and art, is largely a question of
administration. The point for the teacher to make sure of is that the
interests of the child which are aroused through the use of the books
be utilized not merely in history, but in geography, nature study,
reading, language, constructive work, and art. If this is done,
subjects which too long have been isolated from the interests of real
life, will become the means of stimulating and enriching all of the
activities of the child.

The list of references and the tabulated facts presented in _The Early
Cave-men_, pp. 159-165, will be of service to the teacher who wishes
to engage in a further study of the subject.

SPECIAL SUGGESTIONS

_Lesson I._ It seems best to let the child read the first story before
asking questions. Afterwards, however, the following questions may be
of service: Did you ever see a reindeer? Where do reindeer live now?
Where were the reindeer at the time of the Tree-dwellers? Where were
they at the time of the early Cave-men? (See _The Tree-dwellers_, pp.
125-129, and _The Early Cave-men_, pp. 163-167.) Why did the reindeer
come to the wooded hills by the caves at the time of the Cave-men? Why
do reindeer live in herds? Name other animals that live in herds. Do
you think the reindeer herds would stay near the caves all the year?

Should any child inquire how we know that it was once very cold here,
tell him of the tracks that the glaciers made, and of the work of the
glaciers in grinding hard rocks so as to make fertile soil. Let the
children turn to the picture of a glacier on page 136, and let them
hunt for a r