Natural Elementary Geography (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Redway, Jacques W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334142203 ISBN 13 : 9781334142208

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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It demands work from the pupil, rather than from the teacher, while it stimulates I independent thought and excites the interest of both.) The body of the text abounds in questions that inspire thought, and, at the end of tne treatment of each grand division, carefully prepared exercises lead to the correlation and comparison of the parts of the subject already studied, and form a cumulative review and synthesis of the pupils work. It provides material for the concentration, or correlation, of studies. The text exemplifies the fundamental laws of composition, and may be used in language work. The topics at the end of each lesson outline a few paragraphs in which the pupil can reproduce in his own words the main thought of the lesson. It recognizes the value of map drawing and sand modeling in elementary geography, and introduces them in such manner that they shall be properly used as means to an end, and not as ends in themselves. The relief maps contain the names of the features represented, and require no key maps or other accessories to adapt them for practical use. The maps of coordinate divisions of the land are drawn on the same scale, so that relative areas are accurately depicted and may be directly compared. Thus, a single scale serves for all the maps of the grand divisions; a single, but larger, scale for the maps of the United States andE urope; and a single, but still larger, scale for the sectional maps of the United States, with the exception of that of theN ortheastern States, which is drawn on twice the scale of the others. The pictures, most of which have been reproduced from photographs, are of simple subjects within the comprehension of young pupils, and they have been arranged upon the pages in such manner and in such numbers that they serve a really useful purpose in illustrating the text. The author takes pleasure in acknowledging his
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334142203
• ISBN 13: 9781334142208
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
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