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Excerpt from Actual Government in Illinois How may a civics teacher make vital the study of State and local government in Illinois? What are the essential facts with which the immature pupil should be familiar at the end of the course? What method of instruction will most quickly arouse his interest and give him the best training in citizenship? An earnest attempt has been made in this brief text book to suggest an answer, in part, to these important questions. The first indispensable requisites are enthusiasm and active interest in the subject on the part of the teacher. A bored, indifferent teacher can never kindle interest or enthusiasm in the minds of high-school pupils of civics, or guide them into the broad, far-reaching fields of citizenship. The essential facts of government, particularly State and local, are dry as sawdust unless vitalized by a live teacher through connecting them at every step with the actual government in the community in which the pupils live. Among the necessary devices to arouse interest and catch the attention is the bulletin board. Try a large one covered with dark green felt and hang it in a conspicuous place. If your pupils have access to Chicago dailies, they will be keenly interested in illustrating their note-books from the cartoons. A very interesting, instructive commentary on local and State government can be made by these cartoons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.