Chapter XXVI: Appendix: C

THE EXAMINATION OF A CHILD OF SEVEN UPON A TERM’S WORK ON THE LINES
INDICATED IN THIS VOLUME

CLASS 1B

_Programme of the Term’s Work, on which the Examination
Questions are set_

_Bible Lessons._

_The Bible for the Young_, by Rev. J. Paterson Smyth
(Sampson, Low, 1s. each); _Exodus_, Lessons i.-vii.;
_St Mark’s Gospel_, i., ii., iii., iv. Teacher to
prepare beforehand as much of each lesson as the children
can understand, and to use the Bible passages in teaching.

_Recitations._

To recite two poems, to learn three hymns, and a passage of
six verses, each, from (_a_) _Exodus_, (_b_)
_St Mark’s Gospel_ (part set for Bible lessons).
Longman’s _Junior Poetry Book_ (1s. 6d.) may be used,
or Miss Wood’s _A First Book of Poetry_ (Macmillan,
2s. 6d.).

_Sums._

Chapter xi., _A B C Arithmetic_ (Teacher’s Book, part i.,
1s.; Sonnenschein). Tables up to twelve times twelve.
Tables should be worked out in money thus: (9×7 = 63 pence
= 5s. 3d.).

_N.B._--The terms ‘tens’ and ‘units,’ etc., should be used
instead of ‘staves’ and ‘cubes,’ etc.

BEGINNERS--Chapters vi., vii., viii.

Books for Pupils, containing exercises only, are published at 4d. each.

_Music._

_Child Pianist_ (Curwen & Son), continue. _Teacher’s
Guide_ (revised edition).

_Singing._

Three French Songs, _Chansons d’Enfants_ (Librairie Ch.
Delagrave, Paris, 1s. 6d.). _Ten Minutes’ Lessons in
Tonic Sol-fa_ (Curwen & Son). Three English songs from
Novello’s _School Songs_, book xxi. (8d.).

_Drill._

Light-Pole Exercises and Calisthenics, from _Musical Drills
for Standards_ (Philip & Son, 2s. 9d.). Ex-students take
House of Education Drills.

_Writing._

_A New Handwriting for Teachers_, by M. M. Bridges (Mrs
Bridges, Yattenden, Newbury, 2s. 9d.), page 2, lines 1 and
2; page 3, line 5. Two letters to be mastered each lesson.
Transcribe from Reading Book in _New Handwriting_ and
write a little from dictation.

_Reading._

Read books used for History, Geography, Tales, and
_Hiawatha_.

BACKWARD CHILDREN.--_Happy Reader_, part ii., by
E. L. Young (Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.).

_English History._

_Sketches from British History_, by F. York Powell
(Longmans, 1s. 3d.), lessons xx.-xxxi. Mrs Frewen Lord’s
_Tales from St Paul’s_ (Sampson Low, 1s.), pages 1-19.

_Tales._

_The Pilgrim’s Progress_ (Partridge, 1s.), pages 102-148.
_The Heroes of Asgard_ (Macmillan, 3s. 6d.), pages
50-108. Two Tales from Mrs Beesly’s _Stories from the
History of Rome_ (Macmillan, 2s. 6d.).

_Natural History._[47]

Keep Nature Note-Book. Watch and describe twelve birds. _The
Birds of the Air_, by A. Buckley (Cassell, 6d.), pages
38-79. Children to notice all they can themselves about
birds. _Wild Nature Won by Kindness_, by Mrs Brightwen
(Fisher Unwin, 2s.), pages 99-139.

_Picture Talk._

Study six reproductions of J. F. Millet’s work (see the Perry
Pictures).

_French._[48]

The Gouin Method: _The Study of French_, by Eugène and
Duriaux (Macmillan & Co., 3s. 6d.), pages 31, 35, 36,
37. Make new sentences with the words learnt in these
_Series_. _Illustrated French Primer_, by H. Bué
(Hachette & Co., 1s. 6d.), pages 109-112, 141-150.

_Geography._

_London Geographical Reader_ (Stanford), book ii. (1s.
6d.), pages 1-14. Book i. (1s.), pages 1-11. Map questions
to be worked through with map before each lesson.
Description of any rivers, hills, mountains, etc., the
child may know of, with plans.

_Work._

Six twigs of trees (not done before) in brushwork. For
occasional use, _Pour Dessiner Simplement_, par V.
Jacquot et P. Ravoux (Glaisher, 3s. 6d.), _cahier_
ii. Attend to garden (_Aunt Mai’s Annual_, 1894).
_Carton Work_, by G. C. Hewitt (King & Sons, Halifax,
2s.): make a pillar-box, a match-box, a pen-tray, and
a vase. Smyrna rugs (see _Aunt Mai’s Annual_,
1894). Children make their own designs. _Self-Teaching
Needlework Manual_ (Longmans, 1s.): children to be
exercised in stitches, pages 1-15. Use coarse canvas and
wool; then, _coloured_ cotton and coarse linen.

_Questions on Preceding Programme_

_Bible Lessons._

I. 1. What do you know of Moses as a little boy?

2. Tell about Moses and the burning bush.

II. 1. Tell the story of Jesus curing the man sick of the palsy.

2. When did Jesus say, “Peace, be still”? Tell all about it.

_Writing._

I_a_. Print} “The field mouse has gone to
I_b_. Write} her nest.”

_Natural History._

I_a_. How does a beaver build his house?

I_b_. 1. Tell one story about ‘Blanche.’ What have you
noticed about any tits you have watched?

I_a_ & I_b_. 2. Describe a rook, a starling, a
chaffinch, and tell anything you have noticed about them.

_Geography._

I_b_. 1. How can we tell that the earth is round?

2. What countries would you pass through going from England to
Russia by land?

3. What are the countries to the South of Europe? Which
countries have the most indented coastlines? Mention two
inland seas and say where they are.

I_a_. 1. Describe a forest in Brazil.

2. Tell about the Indian’s blow-pipe, and a hanging nest. Can
you draw a hanging nest?

_Number._

I_b_. 1. Tom went to school at 6¼; he was 8 years and
3 months at one school, 4 years at another, 1 year and
9 months going round the world, 3 years and 3 months in
Corea, and 5½ months in Japan. How old was he then?

2. John had to take three cheques to the bank, £175, 13s. 3d.,
£30, 7s. 5d., and £89, 19s. 11d. How much did the cheques
come to?

3. Find the rent of four houses at £17, 8s. 4½d. a year
each.

BEGINNERS--

1. Which is greater, and by how much, a quarter of a hundred
or a fifth of a hundred?

2. How many pounds in a hundred shillings?

3. If tops cost 9d. for 5, how much will 25 cost?

I_a_. 1. If Jack’s dinner costs 1s. 6d., how much will he
have to pay for himself and three friends?

2. If a copy of _Robinson Crusoe_ cost 6s., how many can
I buy for £2, 2s. 0d.?

3. How many sixpences are equal to nine fourpenny pieces?

BEGINNERS--

1. How many newts and how many robins have twenty-eight legs
between them?

2. His father gave Jack 1d. a week. How many weeks must he
save to buy a slate for 4d.?

_Picture Talk._

Describe from memory the picture of Millet’s you liked best.

_Tales._

I_a_. Tell a fairy tale.

I_b_. 1. Tell about the trial of Christian and Faithful in
Vanity Fair.

2. Tell about Odin’s journey to Jotunheim until he came
to the land of giants.

or, 3. Tell a short story from the History of Rome.

_History._

1. Can you remember two Scottish proverbs?

2. Tell a story of John Hall, or Wat Tyler, or Robin Hood.

3. Tell what Taswell says about the burning of St Paul’s. What
are the words over the north transept door?

_Reading._[49]

Father to choose unseen passage, marking words not known.

_Recitations._[49a]

Father to choose a poem, a hymn, and two Bible passages.

_Singing._[49a]

Father to choose an English and a French song and, (I_b_),
two Tonic Sol-fa exercises.

_Drill._[49a]

Drill, before parents.

_Music._[49a]

Examine in work done.

_Drawing._

(_a_) An outline drawing with your brush of a bird and a
cat, (_b_) a brushdrawing of an ash, and a lime twig
with leaf-buds.

_Work._[49a]

Outside friend to examine.

_N.B._--The work suggested in the course of this volume is usually with a view to children in classes I_a_ and I_b_, but many children in their ninth year are fit for Class II. (See Appendix D).

B. B., aged 7½. CLASS IB

_Subjects taken_

1. Bible Lessons.
2. Writing.
3. Number.
4. Picture Talk.
5. Geography.
6. Tales.
7. Natural History.
8. History.
9. Reading.
10. Drawing.

The answers of all the children in this class reach much the same standard as those here printed. The children in class I_b_ range in age from seven to eight or eight and a half.

_Bible Lessons_

I. (1) When Moses was born, King Pharaoh of Egypt had ordered that all the new-born baby-boys should be killed, and Moses’ mother hid him for three months and at last he grew so big that when he cried he would be heard. So his mother made him a basket of bulrushes and put him in it in the water. And she plastered it together so that the water would not get in. And when Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe, her servants walked along by the river, and when she saw the basket in the river, she asked her maid to bring it to her. And when she opened the basket she saw the baby in it, and she said that this was one of the Hebrews’ children. Then the baby’s sister came and asked Pharaoh’s daughter if she would get a nurse for the baby, and Pharaoh’s daughter said ‘Yes.’ And she brought a Hebrew woman, and it was the child’s mother. And Pharaoh’s daughter said that she would call him Moses, because she drew him out of the water. Then Pharaoh’s daughter gave the baby to his mother, and she took him home and nursed him and she taught him to be good. And then when he was pretty old he was taken to the palace and there he got a very good education.

(2) When Moses was married, he was out in the field keeping his wife’s father’s sheep when he saw a burning bush. And a voice spoke out from the burning bush and said, “Draw not nigh hither, put off thy shoes from off thy feet for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.” It was God speaking to him, and God told him to go and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. But Moses said, “Who am I to go to Pharaoh? he won’t listen to me,” and God said that he would be with him. But Moses said, “Pharaoh will not believe that God has spoken to me at all.” Then God said, “I will teach you to make signs before Pharaoh.” But Moses said, “I am slow of speech.” And God was angry with Moses and said that he would send his brother Aaron to do the speaking.

II. (1) Jesus was surrounded with people and there was a man sick of the palsy wanted to see him; and he was let down through the roof on his bed which was only a mattress. And Jesus said, “Rise, take up thy bed and walk.” And the man took up his bed and was cured.

(2) When Jesus was crossing the sea of Galilee with his disciples to the other side there arose a great storm, and Jesus’ disciples thought that they would be thrown into the sea. And they awoke Jesus and said to him, “Master, carest thou not that we perish.” And Jesus woke up and said to the sea and the foam, “Peace, be still.” And his disciples marvelled and said, “What manner of man is this that even the sea obeys him.”

_Number_

I_a_. 1. 6/.
2. 7 copies.
3. 6 sixpences.

Beginners.--
1. 14 Robins.
2. 4 weeks.

_Picture Talk_

‘THE FIRST STEP’

In this picture I see a baby taking its first step alone. The father is stretching out his arms to catch it, then the baby toddles to its father.

They are not rich people and they live in a farm, and the father had just left off his work when his wife met him in the garden and told him that his baby was going to walk alone for the first time.

_Geography_

1. We know that the world is round because if a sailor starts from his home and sails on and on without turning he will come back to the place he started from; if you stand on the sea shore and watch a ship coming to-wards you, you will first of all see the mast of the ship and then the hull last; if you stand on a high place you will see that you are in the middle of a circle.

_Tales_
FROM ‘HEROES OF ASGARD’

2. Loki, before he left Jotunheim, told his witch-wife to keep the children indoors, for said he, the Æsir will soon find out that we have a secret down here, but while Loki was away, his wife could not keep Jormungand in the house, because he grew so big, that she had to let his tail out of the door. And Odin saw Jormungand’s tail sticking out of the door, so he dismounted Air Throne, and said farewell to all the Æsir, and then went to Jotunheim, but before he went he taught all the people how to fight and make armour, and not to forget what he had taught them. So he went on and on and on until he came to the Golden Van, and asked him what his education was, and what he did up here. And the answer was, that he gave wisdom, but that it was so dear that many people turned away sorrowfully. Odin said, “What is the price? I would willingly give my right hand.” But the Van said it is your right eye you must give; but Odin didn’t think the price too dear, so he plucked his right eye out and gave it to the Van. Then he got wisdom and set off for Jotunheim. At last he came to the very edge of Jotunheim, and then he peeped over to Jotunheim and saw all the hideous creatures that lived down there; and he hung over Jotunheim two or three days and nights before he went in.

_Natural History_

1. There was a lady that wanted to have a pair of pigeons, and a friend sent her two. And when she opened the basket she found that the mate had flown away. Then the lady got a mate for the pigeon but the pigeon just pecked at it, so the lady got another one, that was white like herself, and so she kept this one. The female was named Blanche; and every day for four hours Blanche would come in to the lady’s room and take a rest on a great big Bible that lay on the table.

2. Tits are very fond of fat in the Winter. There are four different kinds of Tits, Greater Tit, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, and the Cole Tit. And sometimes the tits sit at the entrance to a beehive and eat all the bees that come out. They build in old letter-boxes sometimes. The Blue Tits are great fighters, and if you hang a basket outside your window with fat in it, the Blue Tit will hang down and eat all it wants, and act King of the Castle. And the Cole Tit takes away all it wants and stores it up.

Rooks are black and very like crows, and the way you will know them from crows is that they build altogether and crows don’t. When the rook is one year old, it has a grey bald patch on its head.

Starlings look black when you see them far off and when you see them near to you they look purple and white on their backs. They build in hollow trees and in chimneys.

_History_

1. One day when King James of Scotland was staying with his friend McFarlane, he saw his geese running about in the yard and playing; and the king laughed at them. And that evening they had a goose for dinner and it was so lean and tough that the king could not help saying “McFarlane, your geese mind their play more than their meat.” And always after that people that played more than they worked were called McFarlane’s geese.

ROBIN HOOD AND THE FORESTERS

2. One day when Robin Hood was only sixteen, he was walking in the Forest with his bow and arrow, when he met fifteen foresters, who laughed at him when they saw the bigness of his bow. Then Robin got angry with them and said, “I am only out bird-shooting to-day.” But they just laughed at him the more, and he said, “I would wager my head, I hit a deer at twelve score yards.” And they held him to his word, and they staked one hundred shillings against that. Then they sent a deer galloping past him, and just as he was taking aim, one of the foresters jeeringly bade him remember his head was at stake, because he was frightened he would lose his money. And all the foresters marvelled because Robin Hood hit the deer. But Robin Hood said he wouldn’t take any man’s money, except the man’s money who had tried to put him out when he was taking aim; and that, he said, “we will spend on a feast for us all.” Then the man that had lost his money, made a cut at Robin, but Robin dashed nimbly aside, and ran away one hundred yards, and then he turned round, and shot the man that had tried to put him out when he was taking aim. The foresters saw his fall, and all ran for Robin Hood, but he shot them down dead or badly wounded as they came to him. The friends of these foresters got Robin Hood outlawed for this act.

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(Children in Classes 1_a_ and 1_b_ narrate the answers to their examination questions, which are written at their dictation.)

FOOTNOTES:

[47] Where there are children in I_a_ as well in I_b_, both classes should work together, doing the work of I_b_ in the subjects thus indicated; or, if the children are backward, that of I_a_.

[48] See note, page 388.

[49] Subjects thus indicated to be marked according to _Regulations_.