class, the erasers and chalk are at hand, the maps, charts, and globe
are where they can be used without stumbling over them. The teacher can
give his whole attention to the class. Discipline should take care of
itself. The pupil who is interested will not be seriously out of order.


_What the teacher should aim to accomplish_

The problem, then, is so to expend the forty-five minutes in which the
teacher and class are together that:--

1. So far as possible the atmosphere and setting of the period
being studied may be reproduced.

2. The great historical characters spoken of in the lesson may
become for the student real men and women with whom he will
afterwards feel a personal acquaintance.

3. The events described will be understood and properly interpreted
in their relation to geography, and the economic and social
progress of the world.

4. Causes and effects shall be properly analyzed.

5. And that there shall be left sufficient time for the occasional
review necessary to any good instruction.


_Work at the blackboard_