Celebrating 150 years of Public Schools in B

1890 Programme of Study - Overview

Reading

Writing

Arithmetic

Health

Geography

Composition

HISTORY

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Prescribed Learning Outcomes

To know the different periods and outlines of British history.
To have a knowledge of the outlines of Canadian history.

To have a good knowledge of geography and appreciate the maxim: “Geography and chronology are the two eyes of History.”

To understand the structure of the civil government and the institutions of our country.

To cultivate the first principles of morality and citizenship.

*To know the words of our national anthem, The Maple Leaf Forever.

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Recommended Learning Resources

The Public School History of England and Canada, by G. Mercer Adam and W. J. Robertson
Collier's History of the British Empire

Collier's Outlines of General History

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Suggested Instructional Strategies

Prescribed lesson should be read in class.

The points of the lesson which are required to be memorized should be written on the blackboard.

Pupils should be taught the relative importance of events; for example, that story of Becket’s parentage is not of equal historical value with the signing of the Magna Charta, or the passing of the Habeas Corpus Act.

Oral reviews should be more frequent than written examinations on the subject.
Geographical references should be pointed out on the map.

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Suggested Assessment Strategies

Senior pupils, over the age of twelve, who are completing the Fifth Class and who aspire to higher education, should be prepared to answer questions on the provincial High School Entrance Examination.