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Title: The dramatic method of teaching
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Finlay-Johnson, Harriet Cyr, Ellen M., d. 1920, ed
Subjects: Drama in education Teaching Schools
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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made full useof in the form of direct study of nature, was newlyapproached by the children when they took matters inhand. They first made up a form of game which wouldsupply the place of a nature ramble on the mornings whenthe weather was unfavorable for a real ramble. One of the boys would impersonate the schoolmaster.A few of the other children would pretend to be flowersthen in season and stand at intervals down the room,holding in their hands some specimens of the flower theyimpersonated. The rest of the class were the class (ofpupils) out for a ramble. They formed in twos and, set-ting out from one end of the room, arrived at the first flower. On one occasion this happened to be a sweet-pea. The following dialogue then took place : Pupil. Oh, here is a pretty sweet pea hanging overthis garden fence ! Sweet Pea. He is wrong. I am not hanging over itat all! I climbed up here on purpose to look over at thesun. If he tries to pull me down he will find I am holdingon quite firmly. 178
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179 NATURE STUDY NEWLY APPROACHED 151 Second Pupil. Good morning, pretty flower ! We wantto know more about you. Can you tell us anything ? Schoolmaster. Look well and carefully at the flowerand it will tell you its secrets. Sweet Pea. (In a high-pitched, zueak voice) I belongto a very large family. There are over four thousand sevenhundred of us ! Children. (In chorus) Just fancy ! Sweet Pea. My family were always rather helpless,for they never grew a strong, upright stem among them.Years ago Queen Flora took pity on them and sent hercourt physician to examine their poor weak backs. Heinvented a way to hold their heads up by fitting them outwith some little ropes to twine round a firm support—justas poor cripples have crutches. Now they are able to holdthemselves up and climb much higher than most gardenflowers. Third Pupil. I know one reason why you want toclimb so high. Sweet Pea. You may guess, and I will tell you if youare right. Third Pupil. You want to shoot your seeds as far

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