Elementary Geography: Full Illustrations & Study Guides!

Elementary Geography: Full Illustrations & Study Guides!

This little book is confined to very simple â€œreading lessons upon the Form and Motions of the Earth, the Points of the Compass, the Meaning of a Map: Definitions.â€

The shape and motions of the earth are fundamental ideasâ€”however difficult to grasp.

Geography should be learned chiefly from maps, and the child should begin the study by learning â€œthe meaning of map,â€ and how to use it.

These subjects are well fitted to form an attractive introduction to the study of Geography: some of them should awaken the delightful interest which attaches in a childâ€™s mind to that which is wonderfulâ€”incomprehensible. The Map lessons should lead to mechanical efforts, equally delightful. It is only when presented to the child for the first time in the form of stale knowledge and foregone conclusions that the facts taught in these lessons appear dry and repulsive to him.

An effort is made in the following pages to treat the subject with the sort of sympathetic interest and freshness which attracts children to a new study.

A short summary of the chief points in each reading lesson is given in the form of questions and answers.

Easy verses, illustrative of the various subjects, are introduced, in order that the children may connect pleasant poetic fancies with the phenomena upon which â€œGeographyâ€ so much depends.

It is hoped that these reading lessons may afford intelligent teaching, even in the hands of a young teacher.

The first ideas of Geographyâ€”the lessons on â€œPlaceâ€â€”which should make the child observant of local geography, of the features of his own neighbourhood, its heights and hollows and level lands, its streams and pondsâ€”should be conveyed viva voce. At this stage, a class-book cannot take the place of an intelligent teacher.

Children should go through the book twice, and should, after the second reading, be able to answer any of the questions from memory.
Country USA
Manufacturer CrossReach Publications
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	CrossReach Publications
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-08-31
Format	Kindle eBook

Elementary Geography: Full Illustrations & Study Guides!

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