12. Trace Sir Francis Drake on his voyages.

13. Who named Virginia? Why the right to name it? 14. Tell all you can about tobacco and the potato.

15. Trace Hudson to his abandonment on Hudson's Bay. 16. Which is the oldest settlement in the United States? In Canada?

17. Name the four great Indian tribes. Where was each located?

18. Tell all you can about the Indian dress.

Copy the above form neatly and carefully; recite, " Spain claimed all the southeastern part of the United States under the name of Florida," and "the southwestern under the name of New Mexico." "France claimed the northeastern part of the United States, the northern (including Canada) and the whole of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley, under the name of Acadia, Canada, and the Mississippi Valley.' "Holland claimed the territory extending from the Delaware Bay to the Connecticut Valley, under the name of New Netherlands." "England claimed all of the southern part of the United States under the name of South Virginia, and the northern under the name of North Virginia, and the western under the name of New Albion."

QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS.

After a careful study of the map tell what claims overlapped.

19. The overlapping of claims would probably lead to what? Why was New Albion so called? Virginia? Florida? Acadia? Canada? New Netherlands?

20. By what right could any nation claim a new territory in America?

21. By what right did the Dutch claim New Netherlands? The English, North and South Virginia and New Albion?

REMARKS. The recitation should be from the blackboard form, invariably. Pupils should depend entirely upon the memory in class recitation, i. e., all books and helps should be laid aside. More or less writing should be required at each recitation. Be sure that you can locate each place named in the text. Write the preceding blackboard forms daily until learned. Never write them without repeating the sentence for each date.

WRITTEN EXAMINATION.

Write with ink if possible. Be very careful about the spelling of proper names. Indent the first word of each paragraph. After papers are graded file them for future reference.

22. Write a short sketch of Columbus and what he did.

23. When and by whom was Guanahani discovered? The Mississippi? How many years had intervened from the discovery of one to the discovery of the other?

24. Write in order of the time of the discovery the names of the discoverers adopted in the analysis (blackboard form). 25. Tell the nationality of each discoverer, and the power he served. Tell the story of De Leon and the Fountain of Youth. 26. Who were the three great discoverers?

27. Tell something that you have read concerning the early discoveries not found in your text-book.

8. What do you think about the real honor of the name America? Should it belong to Americus, or Columbus?

29. Did Columbus know that he had discovered America? Where did he die?

30. Give the limits of North and South Virginia (in degrees).

DIRECTIONS.-1. After reading all you can find concerning the settlement of Jamestown, repeat: "In 1607 Jamestown was settled." "In 1610 a famine occurred," etc. 2. Copy and recite the above as you memorize the event. 3. Place "in" before 1607, "at" before Jamestown "by" before Eng. Emigrants, and "under" before Edward Wingfield. Then memorize: "Virginia was settled in 1607, at Jamestown, by English emigrants, under Edward Wingfield." 4. Tell all you can about the Indian Massacres. 5. Tell all you can about the legislative assembly. 6. Read all you find on the introduction of slavery into the colony. Tell this in your own words. 7. What is meant by a charter government? Why so called?

QUEER QUERIES.

31. What did the Indians of Jamestown plant in order to grow ammunition?

32. How many negroes were sold at first, at Jamestown? 33. Were women really sold in Jamestown? If so, what was the price?

34. How did Captain Smith shield himself from the arrows of the Indians?

35. Is the story of Pocahontas's saving Captain Smith now accepted as true?

36. How did Columbus make the egg stand on end? Tell the story?

37. What became of Sir Walter Raleigh?

38. Are the ruins of Jamestown now visible?

39. What early explorer climbed a tree in order to see the Pacific Ocean?

40. What is meant by the Virginia Readjusters?

REVIEW.

31. Write the analysis of the claims to American soil. 32. Write a good sketch of Balboa. De Soto.

33. Locate territory which overlapped by conflicting claims. 34. How many and what periods in our history? Give date of beginning of each.

35. What did Columbus do? Balboa? De Soto? De Leon? Bacon? Pocahontas? Cortez? Gosnold? Cartier? Magellan? Champlain? Verrazani?

36. Make out the analysis of Virginia. Of the voyages of Columbus.

37. What is meant by North and South Virginia, as mentioned in the histories?

38. Explain what is meant by the Plymouth and the London companies.

39. Why was Virginia so called?

40. Did the early settlers find gold in Virginia? Is there any native gold in the State? Who is the present governor? How many and what capitals has it had?