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lot looked before the school was built?
Many men with shovels and pick-axes dug out the foundation, and
numbers of horses and wagons were needed to carry out the earth. Then

came the builders. How were so many materials brought here?
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1. We will go outdoors together and look at the school building.
2. We will stand north of the school, south, east and west of it. Notice
the position of the parts, their number, shape, size and color.
3. As we stand at each side, see whether there are any parts which you
never noticed before or any parts which we forgot to mention
yesterday.
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[Illustration]
Look at this drawing of a school building and grounds. It is called a
plan. Before any school or church or home is built a plan must be
drawn. This is to show the workmen what to do. See how much of the
ground is used for the building. Find the garden. What are in the garden?
Which is larger, the garden or the playground? What shape is the
playground? How many doors are there to the building? In how many
ways can you get into the playground?
Try to draw a plan of your school building and yard, showing the gates,
the flagpole, the drinking fountain or pump, and any other parts you
think of. Show which door you use most.
Note to the Teacher.--The pupils should draw the plan upon paper
while the teacher draws it upon the blackboard. Infinite care should be
exercised to invest every line with its full meaning. Upon the proper
interpretation of this first plan will depend much of the pupil's future
ability to correctly read a map as the representation of a reality.
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THE INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL

As you walk from the school door to your room what do you see? Tell
all that you have noticed in the corridors, on the staircases, in the
cloak-rooms and the class-rooms.
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We will go on a little excursion through the school today, walking
along all of the corridors and upon all of the staircases. Look especially
to see anything that you never saw before, and notice anything that you
forgot to mention in yesterday's description.
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Answer the following questions:
1. How many stories high is our school?
2. How many class-rooms are on each floor?
3. How many other rooms are on each floor?
4. How many staircases does our school have?
5. What materials have been used in building the staircases?
6. What can be seen in the corridor nearest your room?
7. By how many doorways can the children leave the building?
8. How is your school heated and ventilated?
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Describe everything that you can see in your class-room.
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[Illustration: PLAN OF SCHOOL ROOM]

Look at this plan of a school-room. See if you can draw a plan of your
school-room.
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Make a list of all the materials that have been used in building the
inside of your school. Remember all of the following parts:
Floors Windows Corridor furnishings Ceilings Doors Class-room
furnishings Walls Staircases
Now write a list of the kinds of workmen who gathered together these
materials. Name as many of the kinds of workmen as you can think of
who were engaged on the inside work of the building.
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Write a letter to anyone whom you know who has never seen our
school. Tell all about our building and the good workmen by whom it
was planned and built.
CHAPTER II
THE STREETS AND ROADS
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On what street or road does your school stand?
On what street or road do you live?
What streets or roads do you pass on your way home?
What do you think is the finest street or road that you have ever seen
anywhere? What makes that so good a street or road?
Name a poor street or road. What could be done to improve it?
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Why do cities and towns have streets and roads? Where are there no
streets?
Look at the country picture shown on page 19. How pretty it is! When
would it be pleasant to walk there? When would it not be so pleasant?
Why? What must be done to a road to make it into a good street? Tell
what you can of the different ways of paving, lighting and draining
streets and roads, and of the different kinds of name-signs you have
seen.
Now what can be done to make a street or road beautiful and pleasant
in warm weather?
How can boys and girls help to keep the streets and roads pleasant?
Here is a plan of some of the streets in a large city.
[Illustration: PLAN OF CITY STREETS.]
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Draw the shape of the school lot. Now show the street