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Menu cards for holidays.

Landscape, spring scenes, water scenes with boats, with or without

clouded sky or sunset.

Imaginative drawing:

Illustrate lessons in English, spring games, quotations, personal experiences.

Construction:

Plans for school and home gardens, of school yard, of school build

[blocks in formation]

Sketch sprays with flowers, leaves, branches with fruit, vegetables, vases with flowers, birds and insects, use water color in tones of gray and in natural colors.

Landscape-fields, trees, mountains in the distance, with autumn

colors.

Imaginative drawing:

Illustrate reading lessons.

Posters or booklets for use on the holidays.

Construction:

Make designs for borders, corners, and all-over designs from flowers, seed pods, etc.

Make designs for laces, pottery, baskets, etc.

Picture study:

Sir Galahad, Watts.

A Kabyl, Schreyer.

Brittany Sheep, Bonheur.

Three Members of a Temperance Society, Herring.

Drawing and painting:

WINTER.

Vases, cups, saucers, jugs, pitchers, animals.

Printing for decorative purposes.

Landscape, winter scenes.

Imaginative drawing:

Illustrate written lessons; poetry.
Designs for posters, calendars, etc.

Construction:

Designs for mats, rugs, baskets, cushions. Working drawings for industrial classes. Picture study:

Return of Fishing Boats, Mesdag.

Vikings, Douglas.

Arrival of the Shepherds, Lerolle.

Madonna of the Chair, Dagnan-Bouveret.

SPRING.

Drawing and painting:

Plants, animals, etc., for design.

Landscape suitable to the season-houses or church spire in the distance; tree, road, and water in the foreground.

Imaginative drawing:

Illustrate games, poems, suitable to the season. Construction:

Make designs for lace, baskets, pottery, etc. Make working drawings for industrial period. Picture study:

The Balloon, Dupré.

Spring, Corot.

Dancing Children, Robbia.

Potato Planting, Millet.

FIFTH GRADE.

FALL.

Drawing and painting:

Leaves, animals, flowers, fruit, using pencil and water colors, giving special attention to foreshortening of leaves and flowers. Landscape suitable to the season.

Imaginative drawing:

Illustrate school activities, choice selections, lessons in English, and other lessons.

Construction:

Designs for industrial work for girls.

Working drawings by the boys for use in their industrial classes. Picture study:

The Rainbow, Millet.

The Shepherdess, Lerolle.

Autumn, Mauve.

End of Day, Adan.

WINTER.

Drawing and painting:

Animals, homes of animals, and different races of people.
Landscape suitable to the season.

Motifs, Indian, apply to industrial work.

Imaginative drawing:

[blocks in formation]

Still life, from nature, giving special attention to complementary colors.

Landscapes and water scenes suitable to the season.

Imaginative:

Reading lessons, special occasions, holidays.

Construction:

Motifs from Indian idea of nature, life, etc., applied to designs for lace, basketry, pottery, etc.

Working drawings for boys' industries.

Drawing and patterns for girls' industries.

Picture study:

Song of the Lark, Breton.

Melon Eaters, Murillo.

Children Playing Cymbals, Robbia.

The Gleaners, Millet.

SIXTH GRADE.

FALL.

Drawing and painting:

Flowers, seeds, fruits, vegetables, still life, giving special attention to foreshortening and giving depth to the picture. Study high lights and shadows.

Landscape and water scenes suitable to the season.

Free-hand lettering for decorative purposes.

Imaginative drawing:

Illustrate lessons, athletic events, poems, short prose selection, or booklet for one of the holidays.

[blocks in formation]

Still life, animals, single or in groups, vases, jars, books, chairs, tables, glasses, cups and saucers, bowls, etc., giving special attention to bringing out the third dimension.

Landscape suitable to the season.

Imaginative drawing:

Monograms, idea of nature, life, the elements from the old Indian's point of view.

Construction:

Indian designs for industrial work for both boys and girls.
Working drawings for industrial work.

[blocks in formation]

Motifs of buds, flowers, leaves, geometrical figures for all-over designs, corners, and borders.

Draw animals, birds, insects, butterflies, etc.

Landscape suitable to the season.

Imaginative drawing:

Draw from memory animals, birds, flowers, etc.

Illustrate magazine covers, posters for advertising boots, shoes,

dry goods, etc.

Construction:

Designs, Indian, for girls' industries.
Working drawings for boys' industries.

Picture study:

The Mill, Ruysdael.

The Sowers, Millet.

Oxen Going to Work, Tyron.

NOTE.-While the cultural value of this course is not overlooked, it is intended chiefly to develop manual dexterity and to prepare for the vocational courses.

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