The normal; or, Methods of teaching the common branches, orthoepy, orthography, grammar, geography, arithmetic and elocution .. . of the scholars, by assigning the wholeTopic List, as a guide for the lesson of the mostadvanced scholars, and only such topics as arefound in the text-book used, to scholars less ad-vanced. These two divisions may recite as oneclass. The general plan of managing the recitation ofan advanced class, is the same as for a secondaryclass, the difference being in the greater range oftopics examined, and in the greater amount oftime allowed each scholar for a recitation.
The normal; or, Methods of teaching the common branches, orthoepy, orthography, grammar, geography, arithmetic and elocution .. . of the scholars, by assigning the wholeTopic List, as a guide for the lesson of the mostadvanced scholars, and only such topics as arefound in the text-book used, to scholars less ad-vanced. These two divisions may recite as oneclass. The general plan of managing the recitation ofan advanced class, is the same as for a secondaryclass, the difference being in the greater range oftopics examined, and in the greater amount oftime allowed each scholar for a recitation. USE OF APPARAT US. 45. The remaining pages of Part TV. will be givento the description and use of the Globe and Tellu-rian, and their use in the explanation of Astro-nomical Phenomena. The matter was originallywritten by me, several years since, for a text-book,to accompany Holbrooks School Apparatus. Mostof it was transferred to the Teachers Guide toIllustration, a work prepared by F. C. Brownell,for a similar purpose, and published in Hartford,Ct., 1857. That is a valuable work, and should bein the hands of every TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. (237) 238 GEOGRAPHY. 46. A Globe should invariably precede the use ofmaps, to avoid the erroneous impression, with chil-dren, that the earth is flat; and the HemisphereGlobe may be used in connection with the Hemis-phere Map. For several reasons, a five-inch globe is prefera-ble, in a common school, to one of any other size. While it shows the spherical form as well as anyother, and is large enough to give a distinct viewof the principal divisions of land and water to allthe members of any ordinary class in Geography,it is not so large but that it can be held in thehand conveniently for familiar illustration; nor isit so large but that it can be made of solid, firmmaterial, without too much increase of weight,which secures it against destruction in case of afall. Again, anything that is desirable to be taughtby the use of a globe to an or
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