Excerpt from Syllabus of a Course of Elementary Instruction in United States History and Civil Government The following Syllabus was prepared for the use of the Public Schools of Philadelphia, with a view to securing better methods of instruction in the History and Government of the United States, a branch of study which is certainly second to no other in importance in the education of American children, but which has not generally been found to yield the results desired. A small edition has been issued in this form for distribution among those specially interested in this department of school-work. The plan and scope of the instruction are set forth in the introductory suggestions and in the special directions and notes scattered throughout the body of the Syllabus. The "grades" into which the Syllabus is divided refer to the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth years respectively of the general Course of Instruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.