SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
The Leading Facts. 1. The first settlers in America came from old and well-established countries in Europe. 2. Their ways of living were very different from ours. 3. The classes of people were very different from those we have. 4. Egypt the oldest nation. 5. What the Nile does for Egypt. 6. What Egypt taught the world. 7. Babylon and Nineveh, the early cities of Asia. 8. How they differed from Egypt. 9. How Egypt, Babylon, and Nineveh recorded their deeds. 10. What the Jews were noted for. 11. Who were great among them? 12. How the World War has changed the hope of some Jews. 13. The Phoenicians were celebrated for carrying trade and learning. 14. They also invented the alphabet.
Study Questions. 1. Name the different classes of people in Europe. 2. What would have happened if a great lord had carried his people to America in an early day? 3. Make a list of useful things that the Egyptians knew. 4. How do you imagine we know about the ancient cities of Babylon and Nineveh? 5. Why did they use brick? 6. Why is it better to use letters than pictures in writing?
Suggested Readings. Dopp, The Tree Dwellers; The Early Cave-men; The Later Cave-men; The Early Sea People; Stories of Ancient Peoples; Ragozin, A History of the World, Vol. I. Earliest Peoples; Retold from St. Nicholas, Stories of the Ancient World, 3-52, 69-77, 92-124; Mace-Tanner, Old Europe and Young America, 14-24.