once. The inertia of the vacation will
be immediately overcome.

_Necessity for definite instruction in methods of preparing a lesson_

Having secured, by class discussion and the work at the board,
satisfactory answers to the first six questions, and having assigned the
lesson for the next day, the remainder of the hour and, if necessary,
the rest of the week should be spent in outlining for the student a
method of study. That very few students of high school age possess
habits of systematic study, needs no discussion. In spite of all that
their grade teachers may have done for them, their tendency is to pass
over unfamiliar words, allusions, and expressions, without troubling to
use a dictionary. The average high school student will not read the fine
print at the bottom of the page, or use a map for the location of places
mentioned in the text without special instruction to do so. He will set
himself no unassigned tasks in memory work. It is the first business of
the good instructor to teach the student _how_ to study. The first step
in this process is to impress on the student's mind that systematic
preparation in the history class is as necessary as in Latin, physics,
or geometry. Then let the following or similar instructions be given
him:--

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.

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