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Title: Community English, a book of undertakings for boys and girls
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Flagg, Mildred (Buchanan) Mrs. 1886-
Subjects: English language Project method in teaching
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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d that this Undertaking deals with yourown life in your own community and is, therefore, sure toprove of interest. As a reporter, or bearer of news toyour classmates, you are to make an investigation of somelocal public utility. They in turn will bring reports to you. Since there are several ways in which to gather materialfor these reports, it will be well for you to decide which ofthe following methods you will undertake: each pupilmay investigate a different subject; or the entire class maymake a thorough investigation of just one subject; or theteacher may divide the class into as many different groupsas there are public utilities and each group may investigatea different subject. In case you decide upon group activ-ity, each group should be headed by a captain. Havingdecided upon your subject and the manner of finding outabout it, you are ready for your third UNDERTAKINGTo investigate one of the public utilities in yourcommunity and to give a short report of yourinvestigation, 53
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Oral and Written Reports 55 You may be interested to know that the public utilitieswhich are usually supplied to the city by corporations arethe following: water, gas, electricity, telephone, and trans-portation. The pubUc utilities which ordinarily a citysupphes for itself are: parks, libraries, schools, museums,hospitals, playgrounds, and markets. As you make your investigation you will come acrossmaterial which is of no special value to you but which maygreatly help a classmate in his report. Do you not thinkthat it would be courteous, and helpful to the work of theclass, to pass along such material? Instructions. — 1. Decide upon the public utility you wish to investigateand announce your decision to your teacher. 2. Plan a trip to observe and investigate the utilitychosen. 3. Make arrangements with some official of the com-pany for your visit. 4. While going through the plant or ofhce, conduct your-self as a self-respecting American citizen. Be quiet, cour-teous, and respectful

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