Methods and aids in geography, for the use of teachers and normal schools . Fig. 52.—Pen-Picture of Mauch Chunk. as cotton, wheat, petroleum, gold, or coal, form capital sub-jects for compositions. Children are all the more interestedif encouraged to illustrate their compositions with pen-and-ink sketches, and make it seem like a book. The writerhas in his possession a set of such illustrated compositionsprepared by a recent class in his room, on the subject ofcoal. A few of the pen-and-ink pictures are reproducedin Figs. Fig. 53.—Another Title-Page.(Drawn with pen by Master L. A. Frin
Methods and aids in geography, for the use of teachers and normal schools . Fig. 52.—Pen-Picture of Mauch Chunk. as cotton, wheat, petroleum, gold, or coal, form capital sub-jects for compositions. Children are all the more interestedif encouraged to illustrate their compositions with pen-and-ink sketches, and make it seem like a book. The writerhas in his possession a set of such illustrated compositionsprepared by a recent class in his room, on the subject ofcoal. A few of the pen-and-ink pictures are reproducedin Figs. Fig. 53.—Another Title-Page.(Drawn with pen by Master L. A. Frink, Graduating Class, Lewis School, Boston.) FUN IN GEOGRAPHY 183 Such topics as the following are profitable for composi-tions : — Fisheries in Massachusetts. Cotton in Mississippi. Ricein South Carolina. Salt in New York. Oysters in Mary-land. Silver in Nevada. Coal in Pennsylvania. Railroadsin New England ; in the West. The Indians ; The Esqui-maux; The Negroes. New-England Weather. WesternFarming. A Letter from California to a Cousin in Trip to Alaska. Mining. How Shoes are made. TheLife of a Linen Collar. The Seal; Grizzly Bear; A Funny Lesson in Geography. Children enjoy a bit of fun now and then. They willappreciate the reading of the following from the RailwayJournal: — Dear teacher, will you tell me what the inhabitants ofAmerica are called . They are called Americans, my boy. And are the people of Mexico called Mexicones ? No, my boy; they are called Mexicans. Ah! and the people
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