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EDUCATIONAL.
From the Mass Teacher
4 Class Exercise In Geography.

From the Mass Teacher
4 Class Exercise In Geography.
The class began the study of Geography un-
der my instruction The globe was use1 to illus
I trate to them the form of the earth and the ar
rangement Of land and water upon its surface.
The names Old and New Worlds, Eastern and
Western Hemispheres, Continents and Oceans
we're applied and their relative positions were
noticed. This was followed by the representa-
ton and study of North America, Guyot's Pri-
mary Geography being used as a reference book.
The class we're led TO associate the mountains,
valleys, rivers and lakes which they had seen
with those Of which they learned and which they
had not seen. They are now studying South
America.
You Will best be % to judge what we are
doing by accompau g me to the recitation
room. They bring IS, which they present for
I my inspection A division Of the class is sent to
the boards another division rises and names
points of the diagram, while those at the boards
represent The diagrams are lightly erased, and
points Of the outline are fixed, as named by
some portion Of the class. The last direction,
&c Finish the outline" having been followed,
those at the boards sit their places are filed by
others. and the recitation begins.
Here is a map OF South America.
coast lines sloping towards each other from north
to south.
South America Is the fourth continent in size.
ASA, Africa and North America are larger The
greatest length Of South America is from North
to south its greatest width is from east to west;
its area is six millions and FIVE hundred and
sixty thousand square miles.
South America is in the Western Hemisphere,
and forms a part of the New World. 1t is
bounded on the north and east by the Atlantic,
on the South by the Southern Ocean, on the
west 10y the Pacific.
The coast line of South America Is less irreg-
ular than that Of North America.
In the western part Of South America, are
mountain ranges, which extend the length Of
the continent, and form a wall along the Pacific
coast viii represent. The mountains here
repre-eutsd are called the Andes.
In the eastern part Of South America is a Ia
ule-land which IS crossed by w mountain rang
e-, those upon the eastern coast being higher
than the others. I will represent. The table
lalI here represented is called the table-laud Of
Brazil.
ln the northern part Of South America l.
mountain land which Will represent.
Lying between the Andes and the tahle-land
Of Brazil is a great plain, which is here repre-
sentcl. Flowing through this plain are rivers.
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