THE WORLD'S WORK A TEXT-BOOK IN PREVOCATIONAL CIVICS 。 DBYARTMENT OF ISAAC DOUGHTON SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, PHOENIXVILLE, pa. JUL 6 1927 LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY "A man is born to spend every particle of strength that God Santa Clara County San Jose, Calif. SCHOOL DEPT. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON 374. INSCRIBED TO ALLAN, MARGARET, AND ANNA THREE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES CITIZENS OF PROMISE 41002 PREFACE Free Library San Jose, Calif. Some time ago the author began collaborating with a committee in the preparation of a syllabus for civic education in the elementary schools of Pennsylvania. In the final work of the committee he undertook to organize the specific work of the sixth grade. The lack of texts for this grade, especially from the point of view taken by the committee, suggested the preparation of the present text. It follows the above-named syllabus in a measure, but is written so as to be usable with or without following the Pennsylvania course. The book is intended as an introduction to the study and choice of vocations. It has been written primarily for boys and girls of the sixth grade; but it may be used, if desired, in the seventh grade, in the exploratory work of junior high schools, and in continuation schools. This has become a critical period in the American public school. Here we find the first real break in a relatively smooth course of school life. The large amount of retardation and the opportunities for legal employment cause a serious elimination in the sixth and seventh grades; and the children who then enter remunerative employment have had no opportunity to study the work of the world and their relation to it. One practical working aim of the schools of a democracy should be to keep every child 'in attendance as long as it is possible to increase his usefulness and hap |