School educationMason, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Maria)
Philosophy
School education
Mason, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Maria)
Education -- Curricula; Education -- Philosophy
_French History._
Creighton’s _First History of France_ (Longmans, 3s. 6d.), pages 279-293,
to be contemporary with English history.
_Roman History._
Plutarch’s _Romulus_, teacher omitting unsuitable parts (Cassell’s
National Library, 3d.).
_Geography._
Geikie’s _Physical Geography_ (Macmillan, 1s.), pages 108-131, §§
224-270. _London Geographical Readers_ (Stanford), Book V. (2s. 6d.),
pages 238-267, with special reference to recent events; map questions to
be answered from map and then from memory, and then in filling up blank
map from memory before each lesson. Know something about foreign places
coming into notice in the current newspapers. Ten minutes’ exercise on
the map of the world every week. _The School Atlas_, edited by H. O.
Arnold-Forster (37 Bedford Street, London, 1s. 6d. or 3s.). Read also
Arnold-Forster’s _History of England_, chapters lxxv. and lxxvi.
_English Grammar._
Morris’s _English Grammar_ (Macmillan, 1s.), pages 100-108, 98-99
(inclusive). Parse and analyse, using pages 109-125. Work from Morris’s
_English Grammar Exercises_ (Macmillan, 1s.).
_Singing._
Three French songs, _La Lyre des Écoles_ (Curwen & Son). Three German
songs, Erk’s _Deutscher Liederschatz_ (Peters, Leipsic). Three English
songs, Novello’s _School Songs_, Vol. XX. (8d.). Stainer’s _Primer of
Tonic Sol-fa_ (Curwen & Son).
_Writing._
Choose and transcribe ten poems or passages from Wordsworth. German
Copybook, No. I. (Nutt, 4d.). _A New Handwriting for Teachers_, by M.
M. Bridges (Mrs Bridges, Yattenden, Newbury, 2s. 9d.); work to page 6,
following instructions.
_Drill._
Grecian Exercises and Marching Drills from _Musical Drills for the
Standards_ (Philip & Son, 2s. 6d.). Ex-Students, House of Education
Drills.
_Dictation._
_Growth and Greatness of our World-wide Empire_, pages 32-77 (four or
five pages a week) to be prepared, a passage dictated, or, occasionally,
written from memory.
_Drawing._
_Pour Dessiner Simplement_, par V. Jacquot et P. Ravoux (3s. 6d.), cahier
ii., iii., for occasional use. Twelve wild fruits on their branches, with
background, in brushwork; illustrations in brush-drawing from _The Lady
of the Lake_. Study and be able to describe the pictures in _The Holy
Gospels_, Part II. (S.P.C.K., 1s. 8d.) (optional);
or, Join the Portfolio of Paintings (see _The Children’s Quarterly_);
or, Follow the _Fésole Club Papers_.
_Natural History._
Keep a Nature Note-Book. Geikie’s _Geology_ (Macmillan, 1s.), pages
125-144 (mountains), with questions. Refer to in holidays, and study in
term, _Lowly Water Animals_, Lessons 1-21, inclusive.
_Botany._
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