Excerpt from The Student's History of Our Country, for Grammar GradesAssignment of Lessons. In the teaching of history the pupil should be given a proper appreciation of the facts in our country's development and of their relative importance; but chiefly should he be taught correct habits in learning, for many of the facts will be forgotten, while the mental habits will remain as a part of his equipment for life. The text book is to be used as the guide and background for class exercises, and it is particularly necessary that the teacher, before assigning lessons to the class, get a grasp of a whole period its organization and proportion as presented in the text. Portions of the history vary in difficulty and in value and lessons should vary in length accordingly. It is a serious mistake to assign lessons of uniform length.Importance of Geography and Map Work. The primal forces which shape history are the land and the people, hence the development of the history of a country must be traced against this background of nature. To aid the pupil in seeing the close connection between geography and history, the configuration of the land must be carefully studied; every event in the political geography should be brought out distinctly in the lesson. Maps and map work are indispensable features to successful history teaching. Wall maps and atlases are valuable aids, but where these cannot be obtained, blackboard outlines and colored chalk will be found to be an excellent substitute. The abundant maps in the text are designed to aid in historical geography and in map work. In the preparation of the lesson these should be carefully studied, and should be used for class discussion. The pupil should have outline maps, such as are prepared by many pub lishers, and should fill in the events and places mentioned in the text. Class maps from memory are a good test of his knowledge of historical geography.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.