Questions for Teachers Written for County Exams
A list of exam questions prepared under the directions of the commissioner of public schools for elementary school certificates. Topics cover classroom management, instruction methods, grammar and English, pupil discipline, teacher rights, school conditions, attendance laws, home pupil conditions, general exercises, ventilation, reading emphasis, voice modulation, inflection, and the relation of body posture and breathing to oral reading.
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Commissioner of Public Schools
Fominyms for Write and Sight and Language Quiz
Provide three fominyms for write and five for sight. Split words into syllables at the i hyphen. List five foreign words now common in English with meanings. State a rule for doubling a letter with examples. Identify expansion words for several abbreviations and convert percent figures to words. Include V P PT J1 and other listed items. Convert percent values and numbers to words.
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LL. D
V. P
Reading. The mind’s power and reading’s importance.
The text reflects on a boy observing the sky and clouds, inviting contemplation of reading’s appeal to imagination and cognitive engagement. It emphasizes reading as a gateway to mental activity and reflection.
Geography exam questions from a history classroom
A set of geography prompts asks for five answers on earth shape and size, world motions, land forms and examples, climate determinants, and regional boundaries. It also requests locations of the Turkish Empire, dependencies locations, Iowa’s parallels and borders, population races, origins, and a list of Iowa’s largest cities.
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Sinai
Mecca
Tripoli
Java
Ceylon
Hawaii
Capes Colony
Iowa
United States History Study Questions and Topics
A set of history prompts covering key dates 1620 1789 1845 1861 1898 and topics on French exploration in America Jamestown Plymouth differences and impacts, notable officers, revolutionary war dates and outcomes, War of 1812 causes, Mexican War timing, 1860 1861 secession states, expansion acquisitions Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico Philippines Panama Strip, Sherman Anti Trust law basics and two landmark cases, and the historical phrases taxation without representation fifty four forty or fight remember the Maine squatter sovereignty.
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Jamestown
Plymouth
United States
Mexico
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philiippines
Panama Strip
United States Supreme Court
Maine
Civics five questions and brief answers
This item lists seven civics prompts covering township types county officers and duties state officials Iowa General Assembly structure and meetings law making repeal and amendment processes Tariff Board interstate commerce extradition primary elections and basic court jurisdiction plus the U S Supreme Court as final authority.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
House
General Assembly of
Tariff Board
United States
Physics problems on energy work power and simple machines
Five questions cover definitions of energy work and power how a watch stores energy when wound the mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle with given diameters calculation of output force from a 125 pound input weight variation of weight with location on Earth and a ten second free fall from rest plus the construction and operation of a mercurial thermometer.
Penmanship Lesson Prompts and Practice Sample Text
Five questions guide material, timing, drills, posture and board use for teaching writing. Include aims for habit formation and pupil engagement. Sample penmanship task uses Emerson line about the embattled farmers and the shot heard round the world.
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Emerson
Economics exam questions on theory and policy
Defines economics and asks for author and principal parts. Questions cover law of diminishing returns and counteracting factors, Malthusian doctrine and famines, factors determining value and price, wages versus profits, corporation versus trust, competition effects, taxes and tariffs, Fahrenheit versus Celsius, vector addition of forces, and density calculations for a body in air water and alcohol.
Arithmetic problems from a historical math workbook
A list of arithmetic problems including cabbages on half an acre at 5 cents each, Capitol building dimensions to compute acres, value of combined land areas, two-house valuation with proportional relations, concrete walk costs on a corner lot, percentage calculations, and a farm sale scenario with cattle, commission, and corn purchase.
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Capitol
Washington
Iowa
Chicago
Arithmetic word problems and discount notes exercises
A set of arithmetic problems including bushel discount, ladder base distance, promissory note maturity with interest, note discount for 90 days, and a grocer selling by measure with a dishonest 3 pk 4 qt per bushel. Each item asks for calculations and percentages.
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John Doe
Richard Rue
Digestive Journey and Body Landmarks
The text covers digestion from mouth to colon, identifies organs such as femur larynx pleura duodenum retina thorax sternum vena cava tympanum hyoid, lists excretion organs and failures, outlines first aid for fainting drowning burns and severed artery, locations and functions of lungs, ventilation care, tuberculosis spread and prevention, and urges a tobacco argument. It also includes mixed math and logic problems about number theory and algebra.
Music Quiz Questions on Notation Rhythm and Scales
A set of classroom style questions asks to name four types of notes rests a tie and a slur with widths, draw soprano staff sections in C F and G keys with signs and Do locations, explain time signatures 4 4 3 4 and 6 8 with beat patterns, name three common songs and their time, define musical terms and abbreviations, write major scale in Bb and chromatic in C, compare minor and major scales and their best use.
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Cres
D. C
Grammar terms and pronoun case exercise
Defines etymology syntax declension gender and tense. Lists personal pronouns for self reference and explains capital word case in sentences: HIM HIS TE WE.
Language exercises on sentence forms and parsing
Complete the sentences with proper I-y and fie forms. Explain why the subjunctive is used in a sentence. Diagram the given sentence or provide its complete analysis. Write sentences for a relative clause conjunctive adverb adjective clause noun clause participial phrase as an adjective and indirect object. Parse the words One most to be learned is economizing.
Iowa Experiment Station brings Ontario expert to test new crops
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station hires Prof. John Buchanan of Ontario to lead field trials of new crop types suited to Iowa. Seed from successful varieties will be distributed to cooperating farmers for on farm plots, with results reported back to the station for broader adoption.
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Iowa
Buchanan
Ontario
C. A. Tavitz
Ontario Agriculture College
Ontario Experimental Union
Zavitz
World’s first college ice cream lab opens at Town State College
Prof Mortensen, renowned ice cream expert, designed the facility which opened in January for a daily short course. About 100 students from fifteen states and provinces attended, studying ice cream making alongside buttermaking and dairy plant management. Eastern industry journals had sought training and were referred to Mortensen.
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Town State College
MM. Mortensen
United States
Canada
Ontario
Texas
Utah
Vermont
New York
Mortensen
Iowa Farm Leaders Call Americans To See America First
Dean Chas. F. Curtiss of Iowa State College says US tourists spend $500 million abroad annually. He argues rural life is key to drawing Americans homeward, noting European cities lack superiority over American scenery. He urges farmers and agriculturists in several states to promote domestic travel.
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Iowa
Dean Chas. F. Curtiss
Agricultural College
America
Dean Curtiss
Europe
House Rebukes Roosevelt Opposition in Bustling House Row
In Washington on February 6 the House rejected Rep Slayden of Texas resolution opposing a third term for Roosevelt. Only three Republicans Cannon McCall and Bingham sided with Democrats, while the vote failed OL to ? The scene showed Speaker Cannon’s trademark grouch as the party clash underscored GOP discontent with Roosevelt’s nomination prospects.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Representative Slayden
Texas
House
Joseph G. Cannon
Ilinois
Samuel W. A McCall
Massachusetts
Henry H. Bingham
Pennsylvania
Joe
Slayden
Cannon
McCall Andringham
Uncle Joe
Sister arrives from New York to aid Dorsett murder quest
Vietia's sister Clara Cloud from Glen Cave New York comes to Kansas City to attend the funeral of Luccetta Dorsett who was found murdered with a crushed skull. Police weave circumstantial evidence against an ex convict linked to the crime as he claims innocence.
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Kansas City
Clara Cloud
Glen Cave
N. Y
Luccetta Dorsett
Pagdon
Masquerade Ball Dances Spark Grizzly Bear Ban
Des Moines reports that local dance hall owners will not permit masqu era de dances or dances described as the grizzly bear turkey trot honey hug time grasshopper grasp. Officials cite safety and decorum concerns for shutting down such routines.
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Des Moines
Dance Hall Ban Enforced in City
Super intendent John Macvicar ordered arrests of dance hall managers and forfeiture of licenses after learning a masquerade ball planned at Sixth and Locust streets despite a police ban. Councilman MacVicar warned the manager of possible unlawful advertising and pledged police to shut down and arrest any hall staging immoral dances.
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L- Censes
John Macvicar
Police Department
Locust
MacVicar
Butter And Eggs Still Expensive In Waterloo Markets
Butter prices show a slight dip but remain high with Orange creamery at 40 cents a pound and other brands a bit lower. Dairy butter listed at 35 cents per pound at one store. Eggs remain costly with fresh varieties about 44 cents a dozen and storage eggs 40 cents. A bill of sale records Nick Liapis selling his pool and Willard business at 320 Fourth street west.
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Waterloo
Nick Liapis
Fourth Street West
Making Cough Syrup at Home with Pinex and Sugar Syrup
A household recipe promotes mixing granulated sugar, warm water, and Pinex to create a homemade cough syrup. It claims strong cough relief within two hours, with laxative effect and pleasant taste. The method claims wide use in the US and Canada and offers a money back guarantee.
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United States
Canada
Thinex Co
Ft, Wayne, Ind
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