HISTORY
The curriculum makers for elementary education do not seem to have placed a
high valuation upon history. Apparently it has not been considered an essential
study of high worth, like reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and arithmetic. To
history are allotted but 290 hours in Cleveland, as against 496 hours in the
average of 50 progressive American cities. This discrepancy should give the city
pause and concern. If a mistake is being made, it is more likely to be on the part
of an individual city than upon that of 50 cities. The probability is that Cleveland
is giving too little time to this subject.
TABLE 8.—TIME GIVEN TO HISTORY
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| Hours per year | Per cent of grade time|
Grade |———————————————————————-
| Cleveland | 50 cities| Cleveland | 50 cities |
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1 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
2 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
3 | 19 | 35 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
4 | 25 | 57 | 2.9 | 5.8 |
5 | 25 | 67 | 2.9 | 6.9 |
6 | 51 | 71 | 5.7 | 7.3 |
7 | 85 | 91 | 9.7 | 9.2 |
8 | 85 | 117 | 9.7 | 11.6 |
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Total | 290 | 496 | 4.2 | 6.5 |
—————————————————————————————-The treatment in the course of study manual indicates that it is a neglected