Syllabus of lessons on 'temperance' for scholars attending public elementary schools.

  • Great Britain. Board of Education.
Date:
[1909]
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Credit: Syllabus of lessons on 'temperance' for scholars attending public elementary schools. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    SYLLABUS. Section I. EATING AND DRINKING: FOOD AND ITS USE. 1. What things do we eat? 2. The different kinds of food. j\Ieats, fats, starches, sugars, salts. Water in food. 3. What is the use of our food ? Why food is necessary. ia) Food is necessary for the growth of the body. Ih) Food prevents the body from becoming thin and wearing away. It repairs waste. (c) It is from food that we get our strength and power to work. (d) It is by our food that the body is kept warai. (e) The working of the mind depends upon the condition of the body. If the body is not properly fed the mind will not work so well. 4. Overfeeding and underfeeding. Too little food is bad for the body ; too much food is bad also. 5. The special usefulness of the different kinds of food. Why I)eople eat various kinds of food, and why they are wise to do so. 6. Things which people eat and drink for pleasure. Sweets, cakes, tea, coffee and cocoa. Some of these things are foods or cpiench thirst. The value of each. Why people drink tea and coffee. 7. Other beverages. Besides these beverages, which are in part useful, people also take for pleasure other beverages, such as beer, wine, spirits. These are not useful in the ways in Avhich our ordinary food, and such things as cocoa and milk, are useful. People often do themselves great harm by taking too much beer, Avine and spirits. Tlie chief reason for this is that these beA^erages contain Alcohol and little or no real food-substance. Children and youiuj peoyle ought never to iahe alcoholic beverages in any circumstances, unless by a doctor s express order.