THE TEACHING OF HISTORY IN SCHOOLS

Abstract

IN a short paper such as this it is impossible to give any very comprehensive account of the teaching of history at Berkhanisted.The syllabus that is appended will give some indication of the ground we attempt to cover and the books in general use, and this article can only bring out the main lines on which we are working.Except in the lowest forms in the school, the teaching of this subject is in the hands of specialists who have taken honour degrees in history.With two exceptions, no form in the school has less than three periods a week allotted to it.It will be seen from the syllabus that a good deal of attention is paid to foreign history.For the lower forms it is almost entirely biographical, but in the higher it is treated on much broader lines.The text-book in use in the Preparatory and Junior Schools , Britain and her Neighbows (Blackie), proves very useful for tbis purpose with younger boys.For all fornis the atlas is constantly in use, and all boys, except the very youngest, have an historical atlas, the one in general use being