ABSTRACT
Many facts of history, of science, and of geography naturally related themselves to its various phases. It correlated history with science or with geography and stimulated the child's interest and effort to attain mastery of the skills in reading, writing, or measurement. History for the younger children was a generalized and simplified type. The textile occupations were found quite perfectly adapted to show the historical development of an industry fundamentally important to daily living. The study of primitive forms of spinning and weaving is given in connection with the primitive history to illustrate further the life of people whose mode of living is simple and in direct contact with nature. Industrial history thus taught on a background of actual experience with materials and processes will always have more than a materialistic or merely utilitarian meaning. All of the activities correlate with the historical work and give a background which makes the later study of economics much more fruitful and concrete.
