APPENDIX G

LARGER PROBLEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL OR

GROUP WORK

1. An art book, with prints and accounts of the subjects selected.

2. A guidebook of the community.

3. A weekly news sheet, mimeographed, multigraphed, or typewritten; in coöperation with the art department.

4. A magazine for each month, term, or year, typewritten, printed, or in manuscript; in coöperation with the art department. 5. A program for parents or for pupils of another grade, showing work in all subjects for the month or term.

6. A coöperative account, in letters to pupils of another section, of the city's industries and important features.

7. A journal of important local happenings - politics, art, construction, etc.

8. A coöperative book for nature observations in essays or diaries, after John Burroughs; illustrated.

9. A study of lettering, with explanations and examples, to be applied in magazine and poster work; in coöperation with the art department.

10. A story hour for younger children.

II. An account of a visit to a museum or public monument.

12. Brief accounts of current events, to be posted on a bulletin board, with suggestions for interesting reading; in coöperation with the history department.

13. Accounts of varied outside activities, with the idea of interesting others; these accounts to be bound together for circulation.

14. A coöperative study of occupations, to find possibilities and oral reports and coöperative written ones.

limitations of each;

15. A study of

of the junior high

us and our government"; relation of children school to the government benefits and responsibilities; involving study of the nature of government in the United States.

16. A study and report of needed, possible, and desirable municipal improvements.

17. Plans in letters for school improvements.

18. Participating in a round-robin letter in a chain of schools widely separated.

19. A report of a visiting day in other grades or schools: what is seen that can be adopted for your school or that will help you prepare better for the higher school.

20. A study of the common flowers or birds or insects of the vicinity.

21. A study of the architecture of your town, in connection with study of Greek architecture and civilization.

22. A coöperative account of local historical buildings, events, and people, illustrated; perhaps to be printed in local paper. 23. A " Pet Book," illustrated; descriptions, explanations, and stories.

24. Accounts of the best moving-picture plays, with justification of your choice; to be posted and kept for reference.

25. Word pictures of paintings for a volume of "New York or What's Its Name. Illustrated" (cf. Goff's "Florence "); in connection with art study. Illustrate with photographs and sketches.

26. Word pictures of local work and workers, for a similar volume. (Cf. Joseph Pennell's drawings of war work and Vernon Howe Bailey's sketches.)

27. A coöperative account of" Games of Our Neighborhood": explanations and word pictures, photographs and sketches.

28. A cheer book for a classmate who is ill, each pupil contributing according to his ability.

29. A garden book for the encouragement and guidance of gardening by pupils in another grade; to be sent to them at the time of garden planning (January to March). Suggested plans, experience, difficulties overcome, etc. Illustrate.

30. A thrift book or a thrift program, with suggestions for true economy of time and resources strength, money clothes, food.

31. A coöperative study of school efficiency to help entering students: how to study, how to plan work, what not to do, physical conditions; to be printed and distributed by the school.

32. A program for interesting others to elect your favorite subject.

door activity.

Out-of-Door Day," to interest every student in out

34. A publicity campaign for some local undertaking - posters, slogans, explanations, advertising.

35. A" Better-English Week": posters announcing it, changed daily; notekeeping on all mistakes heard, and reports in connected form; a daily program - readings from those who have written the best English about good English and its value, reports of activities in various classes leading to better English, etc.; an original parade, masque, pageant, or play dealing with the Seven Deadly Sins in English and their conquest; daily drills of small groups on chief local and fundamental errors, with competitive scores for improvement posted; tests by grades on the standard scales to show needs, results posted.

36. "Nothing ever happens in this slow town": proof that it does; reports for one week of small human events that are really large, by the coöperative society of news finders.

37. A tale in three to ten chapters planned by the group, chapter by chapter, written competitively; told or read to a

younger grade week by week, or to a group of younger children, by the successful competitor, or by competitors combining the. best results. Illustrate.

38. Accounts of music and musicians represented in the program of a concert soon to be given; to be posted or read for the better preparation of the class or school to enjoy the concert.

39. A program of pantomimes or moving pictures, with an introduction and a running commentary by members of the class, based on a piece of literature studied or on history or geography work.

40. A program of musical appreciation: explanation of musical terms, musical instruments, the use of musical themes, and some particular form of music, with illustrations.

41. Explanations of the technical points in baseball, football, basketball, or tennis; for the onlookers in an approaching match game or series of games.

42. Explanations of the simplest facts of science- the fairyland of science with illustrative experiments; a coöperative program for younger children.

43. A program or a series of programs or a booklet on beauty that costs little: opportunities for enjoying beauty for little or nothing; good colors and form in household decorations and furnishings combined with economy; spots of beauty even in ugly surroundings a pot of flowers, for example; back-yard gardens transforming ugliness; prints of good pictures, etc.; taste and economy in dress; etc. Prepared by students of art and household arts for other students, with illustrations; as practical as possible.

44. A business-English club which will dramatize business situations, with interviews, letters, advertising, etc., as the case may demand.

45. A luncheon or dinner served by members of the domesticscience class, at which other members explain the make-up of the

bill of fare, the food value of different dishes, the cost, and the preparation of each dish, with the elementary principles involved. 46. Recommendations of stories read in current magazines, with specific comments.

47. A comparative study of vacations and what they bring : cheap excursions that are pleasant and profitable, gaining in health or in knowledge; comparative delights of different outings; good things to know about camping, fishing, hunting, etc.; vacations at home.

48. A book of futures, not too fanciful: personality of authors concealed by pen names if desired; my ideal life and what I can do to achieve it; suggesting ideals to each other.

49. Health programs: chief menaces; simple hygiene; helps to public health; achieving the best health possible; etc. Charts, pictures, tableaux, explanations, experiences, anecdotes, jingles, rules. 50. Exhibits of collections, stamps, grasses, coins, insects,

pins, etc., with an account of facts from each exhibitor.

51. A "Poetry Book": original jingles, poems, free-verse pictures, accounts of favorite poets; pictures illustrating poems studied -word pictures, photographs, or sketches; descriptions of poets' homes and poets' countries; favorite memory passages; etc.

52. A book of homes: historic homes; dwellings of early peoples and down to present-time American homes; apartment houses; city and country homes; my ideal home; what makes a home; homes under difficulties; aspects of home; homey pictures in words; illustrations; etc.

53. A book of nations: governments, historical place in the world; resources; flags; characteristics; geographical backgrounds; types of peoples; contributions to the world; heroic exploits of national heroes. Emphasis on interdependence of peoples. Firsthand information from foreign parents as to legends, heroes, etc.; exhibits of national costumes, especially of nations represented in the community.