Describes the strengths and weaknesses of the Canadian War effort during World War I. Specifically focuses on Peel County, Ontario and the particular problems its inhabitants experienced during the war. (BSR)

Presents a brief history of the development of the centennial exhibit developed by James P. Wickersham for the Pennsylvania Department of Common Schools. (JDH)

Provides an overview of important social, political, economic, and military events in China during this 150-year period. Identifies five broad eras within the period which teachers should highlight in their classes. (JDH)

This textbook designed for both schools and private learners presents a new and comprehensive system with exercises for studying grammar from beginning principles to the most complex constructions. The system focuses on parsing, correcting incorrect syntax, nouns and pronouns, and the moods and tenses of verbs.

This is the biography of a school: Abbot Academy of Andover, Massachusetts. One of the first educational institutions in New England to be founded for girls and women alone, Abbot had by far the longest corporate life of any: it opened its doors to seventy students on May 6, 1829 and endured until those same doors and all the material goods inside…

The prominence of sport in American secondary school curriculum owes much to 19th-century child development theories, the most prominent of which, Von Baer's Law, held that youth passed through the same developmental gradations ontogenetically that the human race passed through phylogenetically; youth repeated in their development approximately…

Describes how high school students in Virginia helped construct a Chesapeake Bay deadrise oyster boat in order to help gain an appreciation for the culture and history of their area. (JDH)

Looks at the experiences of Richard Gilbert, reporter and assistant editor for "The Herald Telephone," a daily newspaper in Bloomington, Indiana, and discusses Gilbert's suggested guidelines for high school journalism advisers. (MS)

Presents a mock dialogue among Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and Abigail Adams that questions whether the Founding Fathers wrote the U.S. Constitution as defenders of hard-won liberty or as self-serving aristocrats whose sole interest was in preserving their own economic and political positions. (BSR)

The year 1985 marks the 300th birthday of three masters of Baroque music: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederic Handel, and Dominico Scarlatti. A summary of the history of Baroque music and a profile of the three composers, which can be used to teach secondary students about the period, are provided. (RM)

Briefly explores the history of political parties as presented in the major works of twentieth century U. S. political historians. Highlights attempts of political parties to control government policies. (JDH)

An historical investigation of the concept of habit in sociology, this article points out that though missing from most contemporary work in sociology, the concept of habit was an important term in sociological works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The general question of how conceptual structure of an intellectual field…

Presents statements from two biographers of the fifteenth U. S. President, James Buchanan, concerning what students should learn about his presidency. Concludes with additional facts concerning his life. (JDH)

In the preparation of this textbook, no pains have been spared by the author to obtain from the best sources, such as the later treatises in highest repute, memoirs of scientific bodies, and mathematical journals in English, French, and German, the materials for a book suited to the present state of mathematical science and the wants of teachers…

Discusses the 1916 Committee on Social Studies report. Describes the preparation of the report, who was involved and some of the social welfare and efficiency ideas of its authors. Observes that the report culminated in the introduction of the social studies into the U.S. secondary school curriculum. (SG)