1. Provide yourself with an envelope of small cards or pieces of note paper. Label each with the subject of the lesson and the date of its preparation. These envelopes should be always at hand during your study and preparation. They should be preserved and filed from day to day. 2. Read the lesson assigned for the day in the textbook, including all notes and fine print. 3. Write on a sheet of note paper all the unfamiliar words, allusions, or expressions. Later, look these up in the dictionary or other reference. 4. Record the dates which you think worthy to be remembered. 5. Discover and make a note of all the apparent contradictions, inconsistencies, or inaccuracies in the author's statements. 6. Use the map for all the places mentioned in the lesson. Be able to locate them when you come to class. 7. In nearly every text there is a list of books for library use, given at the beginning or end of each chapter. Make yourself familiar with this bibliography. 8. Read the special questions assigned for the day by the teacher. 9. Go to the library. If the book for which you are in search is not to be found, try another. 10. Learn to use an index. If the topic for which you are looking does not appear in the index, try looking for the same thing under another name; or under some related topic. 11. Having found the material in one book, use more than one if your time permits. When you feel that you have secured the material which will make a complete answer to the question, _write the answer on one of your cards for keeping notes._ 12. Remember that the teacher will ask constantly _what_ was done, _when_ was it done, and, most important of all, _why_ it was done. Make a list of the questions which you think most likely to be asked on the lesson and ascertain whether you can answer them without the use of your notes or text. 13. If possible practice your answers aloud. It will make you the more ready when called on in class. 14. Keep a list of things which are not clear to you and about which you wish to ask questions. 15. Before completing your preparation, read over these instructions and be sure that you have complied with them.