PNEU Curriculum, Year 6
PNEU Curriculum, Year 6, Age 11 (Form Upper IIA)
Bible (v. 3)
Old Testament history by John Manisty Hardwich & Harold Costley-White, b. 1878
v. I: From the creation to the crossing of the Red Sea (188 p.)
v. II: From the Red Sea to Ruth (p. 3-99)
The Gospel according to Saint Luke: with commentary by William Walsham How
Memorization
3 passages of about 12 verses each from the Hebrew and from the Christian Scriptures studied, e.g.,
Gen. 1:1-10 or 19
Luke 2:25-32
Luke 15:11-24
Luke 12:22-32
Luke 24:25-35
Psalm 34
Psalm 95
Psalm 105
6 hymns or carols, especially from historical period being studied
Religion (v. 3) (optional)
Prayers, Hymns, etc.
Daily readings from the Old Testament arranged by Henrietta Franklin and Lilian Helen Montagu, 1873-1963 (79 p.)
+ ?a Gospel in portions
or
*Lectiones for younger children
The boys' prayer book by Alexander Devine
or
*Daily prayers for schools: Jubilate Deo by L. James
The Winchester hymn supplement words (134 p.)
Sunday reading (optional)
How to use the Prayer Book by Ethel Duncan Romanes (159 p.)
*The children's year (Church seasons) by George Robert Oakley, b. 1863
term 1:
Personal recollections of Joan of Arc [1412-1431] by Mark Twain, 1835-1910
Historical memorials of Canterbury. Edward the Black Prince by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, 1815-1881 --Edward, Prince of Wales, 1330-1376--
term 2:
Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles, 1828-1896 (384 p.) --Martin Luther, 1483-1546--
Columbus by Washington Irving, 1783-1859 --Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506--
Bengali schooldays by Dorothea Sibella Batley (62 p.)
term 3:
The adventures of Akbar by Flora Annie Webster Steel, 1847-1929 (204 p.) --India--
or
On
trail and rapid by dog-sled and canoe: the story of Bishop Bompas's
life amongst the red Indians and Eskimo, told for boys and girls by Hiram Alfred Cody, 1872-1948 (202 p.) --William Carpenter Bompas, 1834-1906; Alaska & Canada--
also recommended:
Jan of the windmill by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, 1841-1885 (242 p.)
Unbeaten
tracks in Japan: an account of travels in the interior including visits
to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrine of Nikko by Isabella Lucy Bird, 1831-1904 (342 p.)
Sunday occupations (optional)
Mottoes and texts written in beautiful lettering on good paper
The book of centuries
Writing (v. 3)
Transcribe, with card 6 of A new handwriting for teachers by Mary Monica Waterhouse Bridges as model, some of your favorite passages from the Shakespeare play or poetry books assigned.
Two perfectly-written lines every day.
Dictation (v. 3)
Two pages at a time to be prepared carefully. Words not known to be visualized (Home education,
p. 240-243). Then a paragraph from one of these pages to be written
from dictation, or, occasionally, from memory. Use the books assigned
for Reading and Citizenship or History or Geography.
Composition (v. 2)
Written or oral narration daily after each lesson.
Stories from
the assigned reading in Literature and History or Citizenship
or
events of the day, etc., from well-written papers.
Each term, choose a different focus, e.g.,
1. Letters with family news or
letters to friends describing visits to places of interest
2. Accounts of things of interest seen in the holidays or
accounts of visits made to museums and galleries
3. Invitations and answers to invitation
4. Descriptions of visits to various parts of the Empire
5. Poems on summer scenes in the meter of Longfellow's Hiawatha
Subscribe to the P.U.S. Magazine and send a contribution in verse or prose.
Grammar (v. 2)
Short English grammar by Meiklejohn
p. 65-79; 141-151
p. 79-92; 152-161
p. 93-106; 162-167
for analysis and verse, p. 141-167
Parse and point out Subjects, Verbs, Objects, every week, making continual progress.
Literature -- includes evening and holiday reading (v. 2)
1. The age of fable by Bulfinch
p. 97-127
p. 127-155
p. 156-186
2. Richard II
Henry VIII
A midsummer night's dream
3. History of English literature for boys and girls by Mrs. Marshall
p. 110-176 (1307-1445)
p. 191-253 (1445-1553)
p. 254-355 (1553-1603)
4. 1307-1445:
Anne of Geierstein by Scott
[form IIB (grade 4): The caged lion by Charlotte Yonge;
form III (grades 7-8): Crecy and Poitiers by Froissart
Quentin Durward by Scott]
1445-1553:
The monastery by Scott
The black arrow by Stevenson (optional)
[form IIB (grade 4): The dove in the eagle's nest by Charlotte Yonge;
form III (grades 7-8): missing;
form IV (grade 9): Heroes
and hero-worship: Luther & Knox by Carlyle
Life of Sir Thomas More by Roper
Conquest of Peru by Prescott
The monastery by Scott
contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave or
Anthology of English lyrics]
1553-1603:
Kenilworth by Scott
Don Quixote (optional)
[form IIB (grade 4): The abbot by Scott;
form III (grades 7-8): missing;
form IV (grade 9): Fairie Queene, book I, canto 1 by Spenser
Essays by Bacon
Kenilworth by Scott
Elizabethan poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave]
Reading
Books assigned for History, Geography, and Recitations should afford exercise in careful reading and in composition.
Some new words should be visualized every day.
Recitations
1. Memorize 6 poems from
A book of verse, ed. by Sir Henry Newbolt
or
Lyra heroica
or
Memorize poems from/about the historical period being studied, e.g.,
Armada by Macaulay (1553-1603)
2. Memorize a scene from:
Richard II
Henry VIII or 50 lines from Marmion, canto VI by Scott
A midsummer night's dream
English history (v. 3)
A history of England, from the landing of Julius Caesar to the present day by Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, 1855-1909
p. 201-396 (1307-1603)
Social life in England through the centuries by H.R. Wilton Hall
p. 97-200
The tales of a grandfather, being stories taken from Scottish history by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832
p. 106-144; 158-193 (1307-1445)
(optional) Black's history pictures ... selected and edited by G.H. Reed
Subscribe to the Home and Classroom section of The Times
French history (v. 3)
A first history of France by Louise Creighton, 1850-1936
or
The story of France told to boys and girls by Mary Macgregor
p. 81-189 (1307-1603)
or, much preferable,
The story of mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1882-1944
p. 1-168
(optional) The Great War, 1914-1918: a brief sketch by C.R.L.(Charles Robert Leslie) Fletcher, 1857-1934
p. 98-185
with, for reference,
*Political war map of Europe, Asia, Africa by Evans
Ancient history (v. 3)
The British Museum for children by Frances Epps
chapter 4-6 (Greece; ca. 10 p. per chapter)
The ancient world: the Eastern Empires, Greece, Rome by Albert Malet, 1864-1915
p. 82-200
(no room: p. 200-312)
Keep a Book of centuries, putting in illustrations from all the history studied--Bible, English, French, general, and ancient.
Citizenship (v. 3)
Plutarch's Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans translated by Thomas North, 1535-1601
Alexander (1st half)
Aristides
The citizen reader by Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, 1855-1909
p. 120-224
Geography (v. 3)
1. Geography books. Book 3, The counties of England by Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923
p. 213-315
2. Round the Empire by George Robert Parkin, 1846-1922
p. 179-271
3. Our sea power: its story and its meaning by Horace West Household, b. 1870
p. 138-179
All geography is to be
learned with maps. "Ambleside" map questions are to be answered from
maps in geography book and then from memory before each lesson, then
reading and narration. Make memory sketch maps.
4. 10 minutes exercise on the map of the world every week.
5. Subscribe to the Home and Classroom section of The Times; know something about foreign places noticed in the current newspapers.
6. Suitable scouting tests (Parents' review, June 1920)
French (v. 3)
1. Cours de francais: methode orale by F. Themoin
2. French songs: with airs, tonic sol-fa and phonetic transcription of the text by Violet Partington
3. *Recueil de poemes, v. 1, by Jeanne Molmy
4. (optional, for narration)
L'oie doree by Jacob (1785-1863) & Wilhelm Grimm, 1786-1859
*Sur la montagne
5. Frimousset stories/comics by Jaboune & Emile-Joseph Pinchon, 1871-1953
Teacher reads lesson aloud, translating with the children's help, and children afterwards narrate in French.
Latin (v. 3)
1. A
first Latin course: comprehending grammar, delectus, and exercise-book,
with vocabularies: for the use of the lower forms in public and private
schools by William Smith, 1813-1893
sections iv-ix
2. Gradatim: an easy Latin translation book for beginners by Henry Richard Heatley & Herbert Napier Kingdon
p. 1-30
for narration, with necessary grammar from Smith book.
Science (v. 2)
1. Life and her children by Arabella Buckley
p. 201-232
p. 233-268
p. 269-301
Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley (p. 1-45; 46-81; ...; 176-231; 232-270)
+
Jack's insects by E. Selous (p. ...; 62-83; 84-106; 107-148; 149-183) were once used.
2. An introduction to elementary botany by C.L. Laurie
chapters 1-5
chapters 6-9
chapters 10-14
in the Tropics: Plant studies by I.C. Fortey
in America: First studies of plant life by G.F. Atkinson
3. Keep a nature notebook.
4. Make special studies for the season with drawings and notes, e.g.,
seed dispersal
twigs, seedlings, etc.
learn the songs of 6 birds
visits of insects to plants
wild flowers that grow together
5. Keep an aquarium and watch pond or sea creatures (Parents' review, April & May 1925)
6. Take scouting tests in nature lore (Parents' review, June 1920).
7. Make
experiments in conjunction with The sciences where possible, using Easy
experiments in science by H. McKay.
For reference:
The changing year by F.M. Haines
or
Countryside rambles by W.S. Furneaux
A nature study guide by W.S. Furneaux
Physical education (v. 2)
1. An introduction to the English country dance: description and tunes of 12 dances by Cecil J. Sharp
Peasant dances and songs of many lands by Mrs. Kimmins
For reference:
How to teach school dances
2. Board of Education syllabus of physical training for schools, 1919
Music for use in Mrs. Wordsworth's classes may be used
3. Ex-students take House of Education drills
Mathematics (v. 2)
1. A new junior arithmetic by Bompas Smith
p. 58-60, 124-134
p. 128, 129, 135-140
p. 150-166
Review tables.
Rapid oral work.
2. Lessons in experimental and practical geometry by Hall & Stevens
p. 44-55
p. 55-68
p. 69-82
The school set of mathematical instruments
3. A school algebra by H.S. Hall
p. 1-4, 7, 13-15
p. 9, 17-19, 22-25
p. 10, 26-31
4. Number stories of long ago by D.E. Smith should be read in leisure time.
For reference:
The teaching of mathematics to young children by I. Stephens
Unconventional arithmetical examples by R.S. Williamson
Music appreciation (v. 2)
Listen to music by 3 composers
Chopin
Haydn
Schubert
Optional:
The book of the great musicians by P. Scholes
Singing (v. 2)
1. 6-9 French songs
A book of French songs
or
Voyez comme on danse
2. 6 English songs from The national songbook, ed. by C.V. Stanford
3. Learn songs by the composers studied in Music appreciation and Christmas carols when appropriate.
4. Fifty steps in sight-singing: exercises for pupils by Arthur Somervell
steps 21-26
steps 27-32
steps 33-34
For reference:
Ten minutes' lessons in sight-singing
lessons 38, 40, 42, 44
lesson 45
lessons 46-49
Music (v. 2)
Learn to play the piano, using The child pianist.
Art appreciation (v. 2)
Study reproductions of 6 pictures (each) by 3 painters
Rembrandt
Botticelli
Ribera
Drawing and painting (v. 2)
Pencil MUST NOT be used.
1. Observation
In season, in brush painting or in pastel, draw
6 wild fruits or berries, and autumn leaves
6 twigs of trees, especially with buds or catkins
6 wild flowers
18 studies of animals that the child has been able to watch.
Draw from memory.
2. Technique
Studies from objects, following method in, but not copying, The art of drawing, album 5.
or
1. Christmas cards
Christmas calendars with beautiful lettering
2. Children at play
Studies of figures and horses
3. Simple sketches from nature
People at work in the fields
Studies of trees, following method in, but not copying, The art of drawing, album 2, pt. 1
3. Imaginative work
Original scenes
from books assigned for reading
or
from nursery rhymes
4. Join the P.U.S. portfolio.
For reference:
Drawing, design, and craftwork by F.J. Glass
The teaching of drawing and its place in education by J. Williams (Parents' Review, Jan. 1923)
Drawing lessons by F. Monkhouse (Parents' Review, Feb. 1923)
Handcraft (v. 2)
1. Help in house or garden
Gardening for children by J. Gwynn
The little girl's sewing book
The little girl's knitting book
2. Boys and girls mend clothes from the wash each week.
First lessons in darning and mending
3. Help the Save the Children Fund or a similar agency by, e.g.,
making a garment (Constructive and decorative stitchery by L.G. Foster)
or
helping in a pageant or entertainment
4. See the P.U.S. scouting or guiding tests (Parents' Review, 1920)
5. Cardboard modelling (sloyd) by Heaton--12 models
6. Make Christmas presents
Provide some entertainment or a Christmas tree for poor children
Useful cane work by R.M. Jacot
Animals, etc., in wood-carving (Dryad leaflet no. 25)
Claymodelling by Hermione Unwin--make 6 models
For reference:
Drawing, design, and craftwork by F.J. Glass
What shall we make? by M. LaTrobe Foster
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