Chapter I: Front Matter

COURSE IV PART I

GRADED COURSE
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

STORIES FROM
THE OLDEN
TIME

TEACHER’S
TEXT BOOK

Prepared by
JOSEPHINE L. BALDWIN

HENRY H. MEYER, Editor

THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN
NEW YORK CINCINNATI]

+=======================================================================+
| ORGANIZATION CHART |
+===+=========+===========================+===================+=========+
|AGE| COURSE | TITLES OF COURSES |Departmental Groups| School |
| | | +---------+---------+ Grades |
| | | | Plan 1 | Plan 2 | |
+===+=========+===========================+=========+=========+=========+
| 4|BEGINNERS|The Little Child and the |BEGINNERS|BEGINNERS| KINDER- |
| 5| | Heavenly Father (A Two | | | GARTEN |
| | | Year Course for children | | | |
| | | of Kindergarten age.) | | | |
+---+---------+---------------------------+---------+---------+---------+
| 6|I |Bible Stories for the | | | |
| | | Sunday School and | | | |
| | | Home—Year 1 | | | E |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ | | L |
| 7|II |Bible Stories for the | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | E |
| | | Sunday School and | | | M |
| | | Home—Year 2 | | | E |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ | | N |
| 8|III |Bible Stories for the | | | T |
| | | Sunday School and | | | A |
| | | Home—Year 3 | | | R |
+---+---------+---------------------------+---------+---------+ Y |
| 9|IV |Stories from the Olden | | | |
| | | Time (including Special | | | G |
| | | Summer Material) | | | R |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ | | A |
| 10|V |Hero Stories (including | | JUNIOR | D |
| | | Special Summer Material) | | | E |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ JUNIOR | | S |
| 11|VI |Kingdom Stories (including | | | |
| | | Special Summer Material) | | | |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ +---------+ |
| 12|VII |Gospel Stories (including | | | |
| | | Special Summer Material) | | | |
+---+---------+---------------------------+---------+ | |
| 13|VIII |Leaders of Israel | | | |
| | | (including Special | | INTER- | H |
| | | Summer Material) | | MEDIATE | I |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ + | G |
| 14|IX |Christian Leaders | | | H |
| | | (including Special | | | |
| | | Summer Material) | | | S |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ INTER- +---------+ C |
| 15|X |The Life of Christ | MEDIATE | | H |
| | | (including Special | | | O |
| | | Summer Material) | | | O |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ + | L |
| 16|XI |Christian Living | | SENIOR | |
| | | (including Special | | | |
| | | Summer Material) | | | |
+---+---------+---------------------------+---------+ | |
| 17|XII |The World a Field for | | | |
| | | Christian Service | | | |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ +---------+ |
| 18|XIII |The History and Literature | | | |
| | | of the Hebrew People | | | |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ SENIOR | | |
| 19|XIV |The History of New | | YOUNG | C |
| | | Testament Times | | PEOPLE | O |
+---+---------+---------------------------+ | TO | L |
| 20|XV |The Bible and Social | | 24 | L |
| | | Living | | YEARS | E |
+---+---------+---------------------------+---------+ | G |
| |Special Courses for Parents| | | E |
| | and Elective Courses on | ADULT | | |
| | Special Topics | | | |
+=============+===========================+===================+=========+
| THE COURSES BEGIN WITH OCTOBER |
+=======================================================================+

NOTE

PLAN 1: When the Graded Lessons were first issued the yearly courses were grouped to correspond to this well-known classification of pupils, and the text books were marked in accordance with this plan.

PLAN 2: The departmental grouping by a series of three years to a department corresponds to the school grading where Junior High Schools have been organized and is now recommended by many denominations.

Care must be taken to select the Graded Course by age and titles, as indicated in the left column, rather than by department names.

Copyright, 1918, by N. S. Barnes.

Prepared for teachers of children about nine years of age

STORIES FROM THE
OLDEN TIME

TEACHER’S TEXT BOOK

COURSE IV, PART I

Prepared by JOSEPHINE L. BALDWIN

HENRY H. MEYER, Editor

THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN
NEW YORK CINCINNATI

Copyright, 1909, 1913, 1917, by Josephine L. Baldwin

The memory verses from the American Standard Bible
are copyrighted, 1901
by Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York

To Mrs. J. Woodbridge Barnes

WHOSE CLEAR VISION, WISE LEADERSHIP, AND
UNDAUNTED COURAGE HAVE MADE POSSIBLE
THE INTERNATIONAL COURSE OF GRADED
LESSONS, AND WHOSE CRITICISM AND SUPERVISION
HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE IN THE
PREPARATION OF THESE LESSONS FOR PUBLICATION,
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

PAGE
=Out of Childhood into Youth= 7

=Our Juniors, Their Teachers and Lesson Helps= 11

GRADED INSTRUCTION 11
Reasons for Having a Graded System; The Purpose of the Graded
Course; The Material Used.

THE JUNIOR COURSE 12
Arrangement of Material; The Aims; The Correlated Lesson.

THE JUNIOR PERIOD 14
Beginning and End; Characteristics; Spiritual Needs.

THE JUNIOR TEACHER 16
Personality; Opportunity.

GUIDES FOR STUDY AND TEACHING 19
The Teacher’s Text Book; The Pupil’s Book for Work and Study;
The Children’s Bible; The Rainbow Bookmark; How the Bookmark
is Used; The Bookmark as a Reward.

PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS AND HONORS 26
The Basis for Promotion; Recognition for Extra Work.

=Stories from the Olden Time=

I. STORIES OF THE BEGINNINGS 27
1. In the Beginning 29
2. The Garden of Eden 35
3. Hiding from God 40
4. Cain and Abel 46
5. Review 51
6. The Building of the Ark 54
7. The Flood and the Rainbow 60