The westward movement and the growth of transportation

Front matter

rHE SOCIAL SCIENCE PAMPHLETS

ESSENTIALS IN

GEOGRAPHY - HISTORY - CIVICS

Foreword To The Pupil V

We hope you will become interested and want to read books and magazines that tell more about the things we take up in these lessons. You will find additional reading suggested at the end of this pamphlet, and your teacher will help you select the best things to read.

Work out the answers to all the questions asked in the exercises and in other parts of the lessons. Among the things that will interest you most in the pamphlets are the true stories that are given. You must be sure with each one that you know the important point, it, illustrates. Every map and graph and picture also means something, and you must be sure that you understand these, too. Study them carefully as you go along.

Your Note-book.

We suggest a loose-leaf note-book, large enough to take note-paper, size 8| by 11 inches. Use the note-book for writing down your assignments, for jotting down important points that are brought out in class discussions, and for summaries of lessons.

A short summary is to be made of each lesson. It should be dated and handed in to the teacher for approval. It is important to keep these summaries in the right order, according to dates — September 10, September 11, September 12, etc. The summary should be brief and definite; it should contain the important facts of the lesson. Keep all notes on paper of one size.

Assignments.

Reserve a special place in your note-book for assignments, and keep them in the order in which they are given. If you miss a day, leave a place for the assignment, and put it in the next day. Write down the assignment exactly, with all directions as to what to do, things to look up, and questions. Date each one, giving the day of the month — September 10, September 11, September 12, etc. If you are absent, be sure to find out the assignment you miss, and make it up in a manner approved by your teacher.

How TO Use These Pamphlets.

Suggestions for Class Preparation.

1. Read the lesson through rapidly, not stopping to think out the answers to the questions. This first view will enable you to see what the lesson is about.

2. Read the lesson through again, this time carefully, working out all the exercises and answering all the questions. Study each figure, whether it be map, chart, graph, or picture, and answer all the test questions that are asked.

VI WESTWARD MOVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

3. Put your pamphlet out of sight. Try to recall the important facts discussed in the lesson.

4. Open your pamphlet to the lesson again, and glance over it rapidly. See how many of the important points you forgot.

5. Repeat Nos. 3 and 4 until you are sure you have all the important facts in mind.

6. Place in a special section in your note-book, separate from the section in which you take your class notes :

a. Any questions you want to ask,

b. Any points that are not clear to you.

c. Additional illustrations of the lesson that you are able to find.

d. Your summaries and outlines.

7. Read over the summary that you have made in your note-book as a brief review of the lesson just before the class begins.

Directions Concerning Class Discussion.

1. Always have your note-book at the class recitation.

2. At the beginning of class each day, place on the teacher's desk any outline, graph, map, or summary that your lesson for that day's work directs you to have ready. Such exercises of the previous day will be returned to you. Keep these all together in the order in which you do them.

8. Be prepared to do from the notes you have made, any blackboard work — maps, charts, or outlines — that is called for.

4. Be ready to summarize any part of the work, either in review or the lesson for the day.

5. Make sure that questions and exercises that you do not clearly understand are explained in class.

6. You should be always ready to take a test on work that kas been completed.

How TO Review.

1. Frequent review is essential to an understanding of the material in the pamphlet. You cannot expect to remember all of the facts and conclusions you learn day by day. You must therefore make a practice of selecting the important facts and conclusions of each day 's lesson and making summaries of them. Ask yourself such questions as these:

a. What important fact does this lesson bring out?

b. How is it related to previous lessons?

c. What conclusions are to be drawn from this page, or from

this lesson ?