CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Out of Childhood into Youth | [7] | |
| Our Juniors, Their Teachers and Lesson Helps | [11] | |
| Graded Instruction | [11] | |
| Reasons for Having a Graded System; The Purpose of the Graded Course; The Material Used. | ||
| The Junior Course | [12] | |
| Arrangement of Material; The Aims; The Correlated Lesson. | ||
| The Junior Period | [14] | |
| Beginning and End; Characteristics; Spiritual Needs. | ||
| The Junior Teacher | [16] | |
| Personality; Opportunity. | ||
| Guides for Study and Teaching | [19] | |
| The Teacher’s Text Book; The Pupil’s Book for Work and Study; The Children’s Bible; The Rainbow Bookmark; How the Bookmark is Used; The Bookmark as a Reward. | ||
| Promotion Requirements and Honors | [26] | |
| The Basis for Promotion; Recognition for Extra Work. | ||
| Stories from the Olden Time | ||
| I. Stories of the Beginnings | [27] | |
| 1. | In the Beginning | [29] |
| 2. | The Garden of Eden | [35] |
| 3. | Hiding from God | [40] |
| 4. | Cain and Abel | [46] |
| 5. | Review | [51] |
| 6. | The Building of the Ark | [54] |
| 7. | The Flood and the Rainbow | [60] |
| II. Stories of Three Patriarchs | [65] | |
| 8. | The Call of Abram | [67] |
| 9. | Giving Lot the First Choice | [72] |
| 10. | Abram’s Rescue of Lot | [77] |
| 11. | Abraham Entertaining Angels | [83] |
| 12. | The Song of Mary (Christmas Lesson) | [88] |
| 13. | Review | [93] |
| Appendixes | [97] | |
| A. Memory Work | [99] | |
| B. Book List | [101] | |
| C. List of Stereographs | [103] | |
| D. Aids for Superintendent and Teacher | [105] | |
| E. Outline of Lessons for the Year | [107] | |
OUT OF CHILDHOOD INTO YOUTH
Traits of Boyhood and Girlhood
At the beginning of the period of childhood for which the Junior Course is intended, approximately nine years of age, there appears to be in the life of the normal boy or girl a real transition as the traits and interests of earlier years give way to those of full fledged boyhood and girlhood. Strange premonitions of impending physical and mental changes now appear, with suggestions of riper years that are rapidly approaching. The physical and mental changes of this period are accompanied by an awakening of social consciousness. This is noticeable in the friendships formed, in the increase of love and sympathy for others and in the dawning recognition of obligations toward others. The opposite of the same tendency is reflected in the sense of rivalry and emulation and, especially in boys, in the developing spirit of pugnacity, tempered with a tendency to defend the weak. This growing social consciousness brings with it also a stronger consciousness of self, a clearer recognition of right and wrong and an awakening of conscience which now begins to take the place of rules made by others as a guide to action.