a. Makes for more intelligent view of history.
b. Often adds to interest in the subject.
c. Affords material for exercise of reasoning power.
d. Directly related to everyday problems.
e. The question usually excluded from elementary history on ground of the difficulties involved.
3. A Simple Approach suggested.
a. When anything has happened we may know about it because:
1. We were present when it happened—direct observation.
2. Some one has told us—oral tradition.
3. We have read about it—written or printed tradition.