9. Are governmental forms and practices brought into the school work?
10. Is emphasis placed too much on details or is effort made to get back of practices to discover the origin, development, and purpose of such practices?
11. Are there mock elections, court trials, debates?
XX. Some Principles of History Dogmatically Stated.
1. "A people's life of thought and feeling obeys the law of continuity and of differentiation. The law of continuity means there are no breaks or leaps in the life of a people. Development may hasten or slacken and may cease for a time, but it is always continuous; the law of differentiation means that thoughts and feelings of a people take on new forms in the process of growth."—Mace.
2. History is an evolution—a continuous movement, and causes always precede effects.
3. The historical attitude is this: Ascertainment of facts, interpretation of actions, investigation of motives, but regarding all events as "portions of human life."
4. The notable characteristics of the 19th century are:
(a) Rise of nationality.