And then the story of Joan of Arc, with its unspeakable beauty and pathos, comes as a noble climax, a spiritual contrast, to the series of events the glamour of which is at best of the earth earthy in comparison with the life and death of the Maid. Gardiner’s “Student’s History” contains a very concise account of her life, pp. 310-312. The extracts from contemporary writings, pp. 289-296 of Cheyney’s “Readings” are very interesting and illuminating. Green’s account, pp. 274-279, is vivid, especially the story of her trial and death, p. 279. Reference to the great performance given in the Harvard Stadium last June by Maud Adams would add reality and interest to the study of Joan of Arc. An interesting account of this, with pictures, may be found in “Current Literature” for August, 1909, pp. 196-199.
For a very interesting detailed account of the beginnings of the House of Commons, see the extended quotation from Stubbs’s “Select Charters” in Beard’s “Introduction,” pp. 124-157.
In discussing the “black death” and its effects, it is worth while to point out the revolution wrought by modern medicine and sanitation to which is due the absence of such plagues from modern Europe. The “bubonic plague,” which still devastates India, is much like the “black death,” and the failure of the English to exterminate it in India is due to the superstitious dread and suspicion with which the natives regard all efforts toward inoculation, segregation and disinfection. In the “Readings,” pp. 255-257, is a contemporary account of the plague which not only paints it realistically, but shows its effects on labor.
Civics in the Secondary School
ALBERT H. SANFORD, Editor.
THE CORRELATION OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS.
In the year 1906 a committee of the North Central History Teachers’ Association made an investigation of the relations existing between American History and Civics in secondary schools, their report being printed in the Proceedings of that date. A portion of the report consisted of an outline showing the possibility of correlating many topics in these two subjects. In response to numerous requests this portion of the report is here re-printed. In their conclusions, the committee recommended correlation as far as this is feasible; but they emphasized the fact that many important topics in Civics would not be adequately treated by this method, and hence should be taught separately. The arguments supporting this and other conclusions are to be found in the full report referred to above. The committee consisted of the following: Albert H. Sanford, Carl Russell Fish, Mildred Hinsdale, C. C. Bebout, and Mary Louise Childs.
An Outline Showing the Correlation of American History with Civics.
(1) COLONIAL HISTORY.