PLAN 2: The departmental grouping by a series of three years to a department corresponds to the school grading where Junior High Schools have been organized and is now recommended by many denominations. Care must be taken to select the Graded Course by age and titles, as indicated in the left column, rather than by department names. Copyright, 1918, by N. S. Barnes. Prepared for teachers of children about nine years of age STORIES FROM THE OLDEN TIME TEACHER’S TEXT BOOK COURSE IV, PART I Prepared by JOSEPHINE L. BALDWIN [Illustration: The Berean GRADED COURSE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM] HENRY H. MEYER, Editor THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN NEW YORK CINCINNATI Copyright, 1909, 1913, 1917, by Josephine L. Baldwin The memory verses from the American Standard Bible are copyrighted, 1901 by Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York To Mrs. J. Woodbridge Barnes WHOSE CLEAR VISION, WISE LEADERSHIP, AND UNDAUNTED COURAGE HAVE MADE POSSIBLE THE INTERNATIONAL COURSE OF GRADED LESSONS, AND WHOSE CRITICISM AND SUPERVISION HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE LESSONS FOR PUBLICATION, THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED CONTENTS PAGE =Out of Childhood into Youth= 7 =Our Juniors, Their Teachers and Lesson Helps= 11 GRADED INSTRUCTION 11 Reasons for Having a Graded System; The Purpose of the Graded Course; The Material Used. THE JUNIOR COURSE 12 Arrangement of Material; The Aims; The Correlated Lesson. THE JUNIOR PERIOD 14 Beginning and End; Characteristics; Spiritual Needs. THE JUNIOR TEACHER 16 Personality; Opportunity. GUIDES FOR STUDY AND TEACHING 19 The Teacher’s Text Book; The Pupil’s Book for Work and Study; The Children’s Bible; The Rainbow Bookmark; How the Bookmark is Used; The Bookmark as a Reward. PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS AND HONORS 26 The Basis for Promotion; Recognition for Extra Work. =Stories from the Olden Time=