Methods and aids in geography, for the use of teachers and normal schools . Fig. 7.—Sand Map. Outline indicated, (i) the outline marked with a sharp stick, and the coast-lineindicated by brushing away the sand with the smallest brushwhere it is necessary (see Figs. 7, 8) ; then a greater thick- APPEARANCE OF THE SAND-MAP 105 ness is sifted on the part where the plateaus and highlanddistricts arc situated (see Fig. 8). The principal mountain chains are now thrown up bypouring the sand on through the tunnel; then the rivers areindicated by the use of a common awl or sharp stick, and. Fig. 8. —Th
Methods and aids in geography, for the use of teachers and normal schools . Fig. 7.—Sand Map. Outline indicated, (i) the outline marked with a sharp stick, and the coast-lineindicated by brushing away the sand with the smallest brushwhere it is necessary (see Figs. 7, 8) ; then a greater thick- APPEARANCE OF THE SAND-MAP 105 ness is sifted on the part where the plateaus and highlanddistricts arc situated (see Fig. 8). The principal mountain chains are now thrown up bypouring the sand on through the tunnel; then the rivers areindicated by the use of a common awl or sharp stick, and. Fig. 8. —The Sand nearly Brushed Away around the Coast and Highlands indicated. (2) minor elevations between different rivers brought out bypouring or sifting the sand (see Fig. 9). After one ortwo maps have been made, the pupil ten or twelve yearsold will quickly make a fine sand map. But the teacher needs a large-sized raised map, such as io6 METHODS AND AIDS IN GEOGRAPHY can be seen across the ordinary schoolroom. Mr. Dean,principal of a grammar school in Hyde Park, Mass., has forseveral years taught his classes to make such maps out of acomposition which readily hardens. The pupils in his gradu-ating class make maps of the different countries, about two
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