VOL. 6, NO. 7
DEC. 18, 1964

Classes try recent ideas with history
A new experimental approach, prepared by D. R. Lund of Glenbrook South High School, and edited by Van R. Halsey, Jr. and Richard H. Brown, of Amherst College, is being tested in some of Maine West's U.S. history classes.

The committee for this booklet is made up of historians and educators whose basic conviction is that U.S. history is a repetition of series and facts which bear little apparent relation to the student's own concerns. They expect the students to "dig in depth into a particular topic or event." The particular topic now being studied is the experimental manual on tariffs and the shaping of the national economic		 policies from 1816-1833. One can tell by the title alone that this topic is not a repetition of historical events. After reviewing the experimental manual for two weeks, the students will have an essay covering the topic, and allowing the student to come to his own conclusions.

The booklet consists of speeches given in Congress by representatives of that time, and charts of the increases and decreases in shipping as well as a part on Congressmen who voted for and against the tariff.

Other subjects besides the refinement of history are being tested in other selected schools throughout the country.