Show INDUSTRIAL WORK By Br M. M J. J Abbey FOR University of f 4 AST week we discussed the tho need of ot Industrial work worle In our pu public Ic schools This article will deal dell Ith th lh particular phases which may be In the primary grades rades We e love lIe that a study of oC the vital pro pros mB s which the race Tace Is called upon to toe toye Jve ye e cannot be rice Introduced too early earl early a childs child's education Food slie shelter lter tor thin and the struggles of primitive in n administers administers to life ICe Itself and are t factors In tho the education of child bud The Tho outcome as suggested be- be solves the question raised last fiek that ek-that that our school curriculum Is aldy alidy al- al dy idy overcrowded The Tho work In his his- y geography nature study manual nual fining domestic science domestic art jd d language are combined Each ch re- re the other faking uso use of or these thes phases of ot a aids aid's alId's alid's lids lid's environment en which are of most rest crest to him It Is natural that wert wo we wort wort rt with the homes To understand tat at the home homo means to us It Is ry y to look at primitive homes lie I e Primitive Home sins sing p a a. quart flower pot or old oldIn sin In In line It with clay letting It hardIn hard- hard n In tho the sun Break Brenk out a a. small ceo ce on ono one side to represent a door have a representative of ot a cave o me le Discuss with tho the children how occupants must have lived as pro- pro Lion Uon against animals heat beat and cold they prepared their food where sy y slept otc etc Compare are with our homes and draw right canons conone con con- one ons as to the comfort and health the cave dwellers Make Mak home Im- Im ments for the cave house and straw its ts 18 baskets bark bark ornaments ornaments gourd Big Is Explain how stones were hol- hol hold holed red ed d out and used for tor grinding grains an Indian wigwam Drama Dram Dram- ic c a an Indian stor story Make a a. burch ice o oe Explain the different weapons e d d. d such as the Tear bow and araxes araxes araxes ar- ar axes and quivers Act out huntt hunt- hunt 1 t scenes From pieces of chamoise skin have the children make ml pieces of clothing Use a small awl and sinew In n making moccasins Tho The home of the tho Eskimo child can be studied In n a t similar simi lar lay wa way This work should be on the playground where snow houses cnn can bo be made In tho the above e work stories myths fables pictures dramatization will make mako tho the lesson more real Our Homes Playing home makes It more real An afternoon afternoon can be no more moro profitably profitably spent Select two of at tho the older children to act as QS father and ond mother They should be dressed as 08 the they have often orten seen their parents which at work about tho the home The other children take toko the part port of or a large of children Scene on a n Monday l In carl early fall The mother under the direction of the teacher Is doing her weeks week's washing why It Is le necessary to w n wash ast h clothes clothe how they are washed what Is done with them thorn after atter the they are washed washed- dried and Ironed are carefully discussed die dis cussed as the work progresses In the midst of ot the a days day's work worle the mother must stop an and prepare the midday meal The fruit season eason Is at hand and fruit must be prepared for tor the winter win wIn- ter Little things 9 about tho the house can be done b by tho the children Some carry CArn CArnIn In the tho wood or coal col others sweep dust duet run errands wash dishes and In va various various various va- va rious ways was assist the mother In the meantime the father who has haa been working on the farm In the tho shop or about the tho home comes for hi his hilt dinner r. r Each Bach member of the tho homes family h haa hM been d ding do In Ing his part Mothers Mother's work Is easier casler and over ever every member of tho the family Is la isha ha happy happ The teacher has haft an opportunity to emphasize the necessity of children helping their parents send aid also give o In Instruction Instruction instruction In- In as to the best bet ways ays of help help- ing How to wash dishes sweep sot sota a table keep a home tidy are small things later pIa play an Important t. t part In a chUd lIfe Parents should bould be made acquainted with what la Is being be- be InC ing done sought at SCh school 01 a M and nd their opera co-opera- P tion sought The House From the home homo activities we pMS pass to those o of the c community mn After reviewing roV re- re V viewing Jhc the hous Houses s used by primitive pc Wo we arA are aro r ready roady ady to study our modern modern mod- mod ern homes h ASa AlLan Introduction to this study It t is 15 well to recall the tho story of or the thc pioneers How they lived lI In covered wagons In crossing the plains What thoy they did when they first came to the valle valley Selected a a. pl piece co 0 of land built sheds and barns at first built a temporary temporary tem tem- shack or house and later latet built builta a R more comfortable house Visit a house under construction and note noto that carpenters follow tollow a drawing You aro then ready to build your house at at school Many of ot our schools have manual man man- ual training shops Hero Here tho the children should construct a doll house followIng followIng following follow follow- ing out tho the plans which they thoy have havo worked out with tho the teacher If It work I In n a manual training shop l Is Impossible Impo- Impo sible houses should bo be constructed of at cardboard Each should be bo provided provided pro pro- vided with a sand box In which he builds his house hOUM First the foundation rounda- rounda tion should be laid The Tho sand is excavated ex ex- ex- ex small pebbles are aro cemented together by making a mixture of at hair limo and water Partitions are aro made In the basements as 03 are aro Indicated on the drawing A second trip should be made mado to a building under construction The Tho various materials used in building and the tho tools used by the carpenters should be carefully studied Why large largo pieces pieces' of timber r aro are used In the frame and smaller ones elsewhere Tho The caro care that Is exercised In making a stony frame and wh why How lIon each place piece of timber carefully fits In lt its Ita place Why singles and boards overlap doors windows windows win win- dows v stairs closets are located at particular places The different persons persons persons per per- sons employed as the carpenter plumber electrician painter Why so many men are necessary The number of rooms In the house The number r of people who will occupy the house This many require several trips to the building before tho the children are ready rendy to continue their miniature house In the construction of the doll house the tho teacher should see that the children children chil chil- dren understand wh why each pit pit-co of at work Is IA done Why there thero are spaces between bet the lath etc eta Accuracy should characterize the entire work Explain what the tho owner of a house houe expects from those who ho build It It honest honesty After the home houle has boon been completed I painting and varnishing must be con con- A trip t to a P. local paint shop J JIs Is necessary Also o a trip to a house that Is s being painted At the paint paint I shop note tho the many different kinds of at paint Select p paints ints that harmonize Mix different paints and note noto tho the color which Is produced Discuss the need of painting a house and lastly y paint tho the doll hou house If It a n house e Is l to be papered PO- PO a similar study st study 4 udy art should be made of papering Hero Here tho art work may nuy bo conducted to an advantage Measuring cutting and comparing which are necessary In n papering a house will wll teach many practical lessons In arith arith- Furnishing the House The Tho next stop step Is to furnish the tho house If It possible the children should visit a awell awell we well I furnished home homo Note tho the kind kin d of furniture and how It Is arranged Sometimes It is possible to visit a D. manufacturing plant and see how furniture fur fur- Is 18 made The teacher should d ds discuss with the children such topic topics s as Where we get o our furniture where does the dealer obtain It It large factories and tho the differences between ono one furniture and that used by the pio plo nears An trip to a lumber camp should bo be made Where Whereof ere th tho great forests arc are located locate cutting of th tho t timber preparing It for tho the mill lumber lumber lum lum- ber Der used for different purposes Sho Show pictures of ot lumber camps Curtains carpets mats rugs towels bed clothing clothIng cloth eloth- Ing and many other articles aro are necessary necessary necessary sary for tor the house There should b bo I made by the tho children l under the direction tion of the tho teacher lomo Here a again come comes E tho the necessity of bo homo bomo operation co Both boys and girls In tho the first et four foil grades should bo be taught sowing I In Jr these grades the boys are aro as Interested Interest Interest- ed cd In learning how to sew sow as the girls Materials should be carefully selected cut out matched and sowed sewed Everything g that goes Into tho house hOWle should b bo o made by the children Local Store The dependence of ot the home upon local stores can onn be taught by playIng store keeping Different kinds ads o of soil can bo be used for sugar BUiar salt saH tea flour etc Scales and a quart measure are aro necessary Making change measuring meas meas- and web weighing are arc soon taught Vegetables from the garden articles article made In the manual training shop will wll make a a. 8 sN 1 more moro real Next a trip t ta to toa ton a n local store should be made Such Sue questions i b the following should b be considered Ts e tho the store stora well kept How Js is It t kept pt fc Do we like to purchase purchase pur pur- chase from uch ich a store Why Who Wh owns the tho store Who helps about th the store What each person does The Th tools and Implements needed to run a a. store What goods are art kept Which d do o we purchase most Why Why w ware we weare are aro not all able to purchase the same sam kind of goods Work of the tho grocer f In goods and how each Is sold Jold Where h he caring for his a selling o of at goods and how each ef Is sold Where ho he procures his stock and how It 1 Is transported Cb b Keeping account o ohis or of his business The grocer and the com com- The relation that they bear t teach to cn each h other Ethical Ideals The above outline may be bo modified t to moot meet the needs of any school In th the state It Is based upon the doctrine of from apperception from what the tho child already knows to the tho unknown and remote ro re re- re mote Next weeks week's outline will deal dea e with the tho farm as a a. center of or Inter inter- oat est S |