The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 9, May, 1910Various
History
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 9, May, 1910
Various
History -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
“It is advised that loose-leaf notebooks be used. Each should bear the
owner’s name and that of the school. The exhibit should be in place in
the University Library not later than 10 a.m. of the first day of the
rally.”
For the best exhibit of work in history a set of Woodrow Wilson’s
“History of the United States,” five volumes, published by Harper &
Bros., will be given to the school by Dr. Walter L. Fleming, Professor
of History in the Louisiana State University.
HISTORY TEACHING IN LONDON.
A committee of university and training college instructors and school
teachers is now preparing a report on history teaching in the London
elementary schools. One chapter of the report, “Aims and Scope of
History Teaching,” has already been prepared by the sub-committee of
which Mr. E. Bruce Forrest is chairman. The report, when completed,
will be published by the London County Council.
HISTORY TEACHERS’ EXAMINATION.
On May 21st there will be held at the Barringer High School Building,
Newark, N. J., an examination for high school teachers of history. The
subjects included will be Ancient history, American history, Medieval
and Modern European history, English history, and the principles
and methods of teaching history. Graduates of approved colleges and
universities will be required to take examinations only in these
subjects. Those not college graduates will be required to pass
examinations for the highest grade elementary certificate. Examinations
are open to both men and women. The schedule of salaries for positions
are for men $1,400 to $2,500, and for women from $900 to $1,800,
according to experience and fitness.
INDIANA ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the History Section of the Indiana State
Teachers’ Association will be held at Indianapolis on Friday and
Saturday, April 29th and 30th. The program will begin on Friday
afternoon with a discussion of the Teaching of History in the
Elementary Schools. Professor H. E. Bourne, a member of the Committee
of Eight, will explain the principles of the committee’s report.
Criticisms of present methods in teaching history will be made by
City Superintendent Charles F. Patterson, of Tipton, and by County
Superintendent, Mr. Jesse Webb, of Franklin. On Friday evening will
be a joint meeting of the Teachers’ Association with the Indiana
Historical Society. Professor Bourne will speak upon “Our Early
Republic as French Travelers Saw It.” Mr. D. C. Brown, of the Indiana
State Library, will give an address upon “An Early Indian War.” On
Saturday morning the following problems of history teaching in the high
school will be discussed:
1. What can be done with the sources? Miss Minnie Blanche Ellis,
Bloomington High School.
2. Shall a history note book be required? Mr. W. C. Gerichs, principal,
Elwood High School.
3. How secure results with the collateral reading? Mr. W. O. Lynch,
Department of History, Indiana State Normal School.
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