2. Emphasis upon Social and Economic Conditions,—
Occupations, industries, inventions, commerce, manners and customs, education, amusements, food, dress, upon whatever serves to illustrate the common life.
3. The Point of Departure.
a. The daily life and material environment of the community in which the school is situated.
b. The development of some special invention, trade, art, industry, related to the immediate neighborhood.
c. The constructive activities of children—sewing, weaving, cooking, making furniture.
d. Local history.
4. Application to History in General.
a. Limited by the nature of the material available.
b. Difficult to arrange a connected narrative.