Gates’s message to Congress.
6. a, b, c, d and e. See, in this connection, pages 198 and 199 of Volume IX.
The Soldier’s Dream (Volume VII, page 170) is a good poem to read for the purpose of exciting sympathy for the soldiers.
The Picket Guard (Volume VII, page 177) is useful in a similar way, though written in connection with another war.
The American Flag (Volume V, page 396) may be used here. Did the American soldiers carry the flag of the United States at the time of the battle of Saratoga? If not, what flag was borne? Did the “United Colonies” have a flag?
By consulting the tabulated list of selections useful in history classes you may find other things of interest. Care should be taken, however, not to cloud the main purpose of the lessons by the introduction of too much literary matter.
Before leaving the subject of history and geography we urge upon those who wish to work with children, a careful perusal of the sections entitled Close Reading in this volume.