Stages in the Progress of Civilization

Age
6-9.

Materials

 * The Fundamental Needs Chart
 * Many booklets: Stages in the progress of civilization (each booklet contains pictures and corresponding labels).

Presentation

 * 1) Let's look at one of these booklets - travel on the sea.
 * 2) The chart is put away and the booklet presented.
 * 3) The child puts the pictures down in any order.
 * 4) "Which boat looks like one that you might ride in today?" ( It is chosen and put to the right of the child)
 * 5) "Which one do you think was the oldest boat used?"
 * 6) Then look at the remaining boats and try to place them in the order of first to last trying to reason why.
 * 7) The directress then presents a three period lesson naming each picture.
 * 8) In the first period, full descriptions are given for each picture, referring to various details in the picture.
 * 9) The child is then given the labels and matches them to the pictures.
 * 10) The child may then read the booklets.