Notes of Lessons
Editor’s note: These sample lesson plans were written by students at the House of Education who were undergoing training to become professional teachers. As such, they provide valuable insight into the method of teaching that was taught at the House of Education. However, we have no evidence that teachers continued to write out such notes of lessons once they left the House of Education and were teaching in the field. Furthermore, many parents home educated their children directly from the PNEU programmes. These parents were told to read the Home Education Series, and to stay current with The Parents’ Review. However, to our knowledge, these parents were never told to actually write out lesson plans in the manner of the House of Education’s Notes of Lessons.
For a mapping of Class numbers to Form numbers, see “Parents’ Union School Time Tables.”
Bible
Notes of Lessons: Scripture, Class Ib
Notes of Lessons: Old Testament, Class I
Notes of Lessons: New Testament Story, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Scripture, Class IV
Sloyd
Notes of Lessons: Carton Work, Class Ia
Notes of Lessons: Carton Work, Class Ia: Extra Lesson
Notes of Lessons: Sloyd, Class II
Nature Notebooks
Notes of Lessons: Nature Note-book Painting, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Nature Note-book Painting, Class III
Arithmetic
Notes of Lessons: Arithmetic, Class Ia
Notes of Lessons: Arithmetic, Class II: Fractions
Notes of Lessons: Arithmetic, Class II: Least Common Multiples
Notes of Lessons: Arithmetic, Class III
Algebra
Notes of Lessons: Algebra, Class III
Notes of Lessons: Algebra, Class IV: Division
Notes of Lessons: Algebra, Class IV: Simple Equations
Geometry
Notes of Lessons: Geometry, Class II: Intro to Geometry
Notes of Lessons: Geometry, Class II: Parallel Lines
Notes of Lessons: Geometry, Class IV
Drawing and Design
Notes of Lessons: Drawing, Class I
Notes of Lessons: A Talk about Original Illustrations, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Original Illustration, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Perspective Drawing, Class III
Notes of Lessons: Design, Class IV
Notes of Lessons: Principles of Design, Class IV
Drill
Notes of Lessons: Drill, Class IV, Clubs
Notes of Lessons: Drill, Class IV, Spanish Exercises
Music
Notes of Lessons: Music, Class I and II
Clay-modelling
Notes of Lessons: Clay Modelling, Class I
Notes of Lessons: Clay-modelling, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Clay Modelling, Class III
Handicrafts
Notes of Lessons: Basket-Work, Class Ib
Notes of Lessons: Bent Framework, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Leatherwork (Embossed), Class IV
Picture Study
Notes of Lessons: Picture Study, Class Ib: The Lady of Shalott
Notes of Lessons: Picture Study, Class Ib
Notes of Lessons: Picture Study, Class II: Rembrandt
Notes of Lessons: Picture Study, Class II: Dürer
Notes of Lessons: Picture Study, Class II: Watts
Notes of Lessons: Picture Study, Class III: Dürer
Notes of Lessons: Picture Study, Class III: Raphael
Art and Architecture
Notes of Lessons: Art, Class IV
Notes of Lessons: Architecture, Class IV
French
Notes of Lessons: Advanced French, Class III
Notes of Lessons: French Narration, Class III
Notes of Lessons: Advanced French, Class IV
Notes of Lessons: French Literature, Class IV
Notes of Lessons: French Reading, Class IV
Notes of Lessons: French, Class IV
German
Notes of Lessons: German, Class II
Notes of Lessons: German Grammar, Class III
Notes of Lessons: German, Class III
Notes of Lessons: German, Class IV
Italian
Notes of Lessons: Italian, Class III
Notes of Lessons: Italian, Class IV
Latin
Notes of Lessons: Latin, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Latin, Class III
Notes of Lessons: Latin, Class III: Pronunciation
Grammar
Notes of Lessons: Grammar, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Grammar, Class III
Notes of Lessons: Grammar, Class IV
Notes of Lessons: English Grammar, Class IV
Narration
Notes of Lessons: Narration, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Narration, Class III
Notes of Lessons: Narration, Class IV
Reading
Notes of Lessons: Reading, Class Ib
Notes of Lessons: Reading, Class Ia: Word-Building
Notes of Lessons: Reading, Class Ia: “A Friend in the Garden”
Notes of Lessons: Reading, Class Ia: “A Cabin Boy”
Notes of Lessons: Reading, Class III: Pronunciation
Notes of Lessons: Reading, Class III: Enunciation and Articulation
Dictation
Notes of Lessons: Dictation, Class II
Plutarch
Notes of Lessons: From Plutarch’s “Greek Lives”, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Plutarch’s Lives, Class II
Shakespeare
Notes of Lessons: Shakespeare, Class III
Literature
Notes of Lessons: Literature, Class III: Influence of Latin on the English Language
Notes of Lessons: Literature, Class III: Sir Thomas More
Notes of Lessons: Literature, Class IV: Charles Lamb
Notes of Lessons: Literature, Class IV: Ruskin
Notes of Lessons: Literature, Class IV: Lord Tennyson
Notes of Lessons: Literature, Class IV: Sir Philip Sidney
Notes of Lessons: Literature, Class IV: Wordworth’s Prelude
Geography
Notes of Lessons: Physical Geography, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Geography, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Geography, Class III: Working Two Classes Together
Notes of Lessons: Geography, Class III: Scandinavia—Norway in Particular
Notes of Lessons: Geography, Class III: The Three Great Rivers of S. America: The Amazon, Orinoco, and La Plata.
Notes of Lessons: Geography, Class III: Brazil
Notes of Lessons: Physical Geography, Class III
History
Notes of Lessons: English History, Class Ib
Notes of Lessons: History, Class Ib: Westminster Abbey
Notes of Lessons: History, Class Ia
Notes of Lessons: History, Class II
Notes of Lessons: History, Class III: Some Historical Associations of the District
Notes of Lessons: History, Class III
Notes of Lessons: History, Class IV: The State of France in 1789
Notes of Lessons: History, Class IV: Fiscal Problem, 1846-1903
Notes of Lessons: European History, Class IV
Notes of Lessons: History, Class IV: Contemporary Events
Biology
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class Ib
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class Ia
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class Ia and Ib
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class III: Dispersion of Seeds
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class III: Botany
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class III: Botany, Cruciferæ
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class III: Natural History
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class III: Botany, “Study of Plant Life”
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class IV: Fertilization
Notes of Lessons: Biology, Class IV: The Classification of Animal Life
Physical Science
Notes of Lessons: Physical Science, Class II
Notes of Lessons: Physical Science, Class II and III
Notes of Lessons: Physical Science, Class III: Physiology
Notes of Lessons: Physical Science, Class III: Glacial Action
Notes of Lessons: Physical Science, Class IV: Astronomy
Notes of Lessons: Physical Science, Class IV: Atoms
Notes of Lessons: Physical Science, Class IV: Geology