Manual of Geography and Language (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Charles Eben Mann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330151224 ISBN 13: 9781330151228

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Manual of Geography and Language

Although, with most children, much Geographical work may be done earlier, it is thought safer to recommend its formal introduction with the first of the fourth year. It is presumed, however, that all Geographic knowledge required for a proper understanding of - the reading prescribed for the earlier grades, will have received careful attention.

This, with us, will include, in the second grade, Stories of the United States, and Big and Little People of Other Lands; in the third grade, Great Americans for Little Americans, Stories of Colonial Children, Seven Little Sisters, and Each and All. The last two are especially used for their Geographical value. To this add the work outlined under Home Geography in this book and it may be safely assumed that pupils will be quite familiar with the meaning and use of globes and maps. This, of course, means not only the finished globe, but also the slated globe which, properly used, has in its use the highest degree of helpfulness. The wall maps, with all the lower grades, should always be hung on the north wall to insure less confusion as to direction. For this reason it is well, some times, to lay the map on the floor and let the children gather round it. They must be led to see that north is not always up and that south is not always down. Let no place of any significance in any lesson be passed without being definitely located both on the map, or globe, and actually in direction and comparative distance from the school room.

From what is stated above, it will be seen that third year children will need to understand maps and this envolves, not only relative position, but actual distances; hence, they should learn the meaning of the scale of a map. For this purpose, take some object as the title page of a book, small enough to be outlined in its true measurement, placing all important objects or characters on the outline in proper position, not by guess but by careful measurement. When this is understood, take some object, as the schoolroom.

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Excerpt from Manual of Geography and Language The discussions and suggestions that follow are the outgrowth of years of study and experience and in no case of untried theory. Each step of the course recommended and methods of study suggested in Geography has. been worked out by ample class-room experience from the Third Grade to the High School, inclusive. All the teachers that have used, for any considerable time, the plan for teaching Geography here given are enthusiastic in its praise, and the writer wishes to express his thanks to all such for their encouragement and intelligent co-operation in developing some plan more satisfactory than that of attempting to memorize a mass of facts, the true relation of which was never even seriously considered. It is to put the results, thus worked out, into a form more readily accessible and definite that the Board of Education has authorized the publication of this Teachers' Manual. The suggestions made as a form for investigating the different topics to be studied will not need to interfere with the ingenuity of any progressive teacher, but will serve to give form and definiteness to the work, and should be followed until a better way has been devised. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330151224
• ISBN 13: 9781330151228
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 155