Note 232 — Chapter IV · The Effect of the World War on Laws for Teaching History

In 1921, New Hampshire included in her curriculum the study of history and civil government in a law to reinstate foreign languages as a study in the public schools. In 1919 history and civics were required for all schools. Laws of New Hampshire, 1921, ch. 85, sec. 10(3), p. 125; ibid., 1919, ch. 106, sec. 13(1). In 1918, Connecticut carried over a law from the Revision of 1902 prescribing United States history, General Statutes of Connecticut, 1918, ch. 44, sec. 835, Vol. I, p. 308. Pennsylvania incorporated a law of 1911 prescribing instruction in general history and civil government in her Statute Law of 1920, Digest of the Statute Law of Pennsylvania, 1920, par. 5102, p. 470. In Kentucky, United States history, state history and civil government were required in 1918, carried over from a law of 1893. Statutes of Kentucky, 1918, art. III, par. 4383, Vol. III, p. 866; Laws, 1916, ch. 24, art. III, sec. 24, p. 162. In Texas in the Compiled Statutes of 1920, was again included a law requiring the teaching of civil government and state and national history. Statutes of Texas, 1920, art. 2783, p. 467.