Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Part 9

What text-book is generally used in the Sunday school?

Why is this book taught so widely?

May material outside of this book be employed in teaching?

What is the relation between the Sunday school and the church?

Why is some government needed in the Sunday school?

What two elements should be recognized in the management of the school?

Name the officers of the Sunday school.

Who should const.i.tute the members of the school?

III. THE NECESSITY AND ESSENTIALS OF A GRADED SUNDAY SCHOOL

BLACKBOARD OUTLINE

1. =Nec. Gra.= (1) Sch. as wh. (2) Cond. cla. (a) Ineq.

siz. (b) Ineq. ag. (c) Lac. cl. sp. (3) Dif. adm.

(a) Obt. tea. (b) Trans. sch.

2. =Ess. Gra.= Sch. (1) Dep. (2) Fix. num. cla. (3) Ann.

sim. pro. (4) Ch. tea. (5) Gra. Less. (6) Bas. pro.

REVIEW QUESTIONS

Into what departments are most Sunday schools divided?

Why does not the mere division into departments const.i.tute a graded Sunday school?

In what department is the school growing most rapidly?

From what departments does the school lose its pupils?

What is often the condition of cla.s.ses for young people of fifteen years and older?

What inequalities may be noted in the cla.s.ses of an average Sunday school?

What spirit is apt to be lacking in the school?

What two great difficulties are met by the superintendent of an ungraded school?

Sum up the six difficulties or defects which will be removed in a measure by grading the school.

Name the six essentials of a thoroughly graded Sunday school.

Draw a diagram representing the manner of seating the departments of a Sunday school.

What is meant by a fixed number of cla.s.ses in each department of a graded school?

How should promotions be made from one department to another?

Why should not teachers accompany their cla.s.ses when the pupils are promoted from one department to another?

What kind of lessons should be taught in the different departments of the school?

Should promotions be made on the basis of age, of merit, or as the result of examination?

Why cannot examinations in the Sunday school maintain the same standards as those of the public school?

IV. THE GRADING OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

BLACKBOARD OUTLINE

1. =Diff.= 2. =Rem.= 3. =Meth.= (1) Grad. (2) Simul. (a) Com. (b) Ag. sch.

(c) a.s.s. sch. (d) Ro-ca.

4. =Adv. Thor. Gra.= (1) App. (2) Ord. (3) Soc. rel.

(4) Tea. wk. (5) Inc. int. (6) Obt. tea. (7) Leak.-per.

REVIEW QUESTIONS

What is the greatest difficulty to be met in grading a Sunday school?

What is the remedy for this difficulty?

What are the two methods of grading an ungraded school?

How may a school be graded by the gradual method?

What are the four steps to be taken if a school is to be graded by the simultaneous method?

What is to be done when scholars are unwilling to receive promotion?

Name seven advantages of the graded school.

Wherein does the graded school differ in appearance from one ungraded?

How is order maintained more easily in the graded school?

How does grading influence the social relations of the scholars?

Why is teaching easier in the graded school?

How does the graded Sunday school increase the interest of the pupils?