Geographical environment should be emphasized as well as the influence of natural resources and productions in developing the country and in determining its history.
In laying out the work on this period the teacher should remember that this part is in the nature of an introduction.
II COLONIZATION, 1600-1660 Books for Study and Reading References .-- Fiske's _United States for Schools_, 59-133; Eggleston's _United States and its People_, 91-113 (for colonial life); Parkman's _Pioneers_ (for French colonies); Bradford's _Plymouth Plantation_ (extracts in "American History Leaflets," No.

29).
Home Readings .-- Drake's _Making of New England_; Drake's _Making of Virginia and the Middle States_; Eggleston's _Pocahontas and Powhatan_; Dix's _Soldier Rigdale_ (Pilgrim children); Irving's _Knickerbocker History_; Webster's _Plymouth Oration_; Longfellow's _Myles Standish_; Moore's _Pilgrims and Puritans_..