Excerpt from An American Citizenship Course in United States History: General Course, for Grades I-VIII; Introducing a Program of Type Studies
The studies included in these volumes are an at tempt to find materials in American history that can be presented to the American child in such a way as to produce a definite result - a result that will be evidenced in a better understanding of our national life, a truer sense of historical values, a keener appreciation of our international obligations, and a nobler conception of American citizenship. The work has been shared by many teachers; it has received much criticism from those who have given it a trial, and it is Offered to the public, not as a work of genius or even as a finished product, but rather as a suggestion for further experimentation. The authors ask the co - operation of all who are will ing to strive with them in finding a better way to train the oncoming generation in the principles of American Democracy.
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