Ohio University bulletinUndergraduate catalog, 1913-1914 . id, St. Petersburg, Pekin, Tokio, Man-ila, Hawaii, Panama, Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Quebec, Mont-real, etc. Much of the history of these countries is taught in con-nection with the geography. SIXTH GRADE At the beginning of the sixth grade an advanced text isplaced in the hands of the pupils. The work for the year in-cludes North America, the United States and its dependencies. The aim of geography in this grade is to give the child alarger and more intelligent view of the earth as the home ofman, to show the basal law of cause and eff
Ohio University bulletinUndergraduate catalog, 1913-1914 . id, St. Petersburg, Pekin, Tokio, Man-ila, Hawaii, Panama, Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Quebec, Mont-real, etc. Much of the history of these countries is taught in con-nection with the geography. SIXTH GRADE At the beginning of the sixth grade an advanced text isplaced in the hands of the pupils. The work for the year in-cludes North America, the United States and its dependencies. The aim of geography in this grade is to give the child alarger and more intelligent view of the earth as the home ofman, to show the basal law of cause and effect, and the relationof man and his industries to his physical and social environ-ment. To this end there is a thorough elemental study of thephysical conditions that control life. Needless repetition is avoided through the study of typeforms. Emphasis is laid upon map reading and map sketch outline and surface maps, and make maps of rain-fall, products and distribution of population. Use is also madeof diagrams, outlines and 48 Ohio University A. General geography I. The earth as a whole 1. Continents: names; relative positions; comparativesizes; differences of coast-line 2. Oceans: names; relative positions; comparative sizes 3. Continental plateau: highland; lowland; great divides 4. Crustal movements: rising coast—resulting shoreforms; sinking coast—resulting shore forms; bowing ofcrust, (mountains); faulting and displacement of crust(plateaus) II. Conditions which effect relief features and shore forms 1. Weathering 2. Stream work a. Formation of valley—narrow V-shaped valleys; broadV-shaped valleys b. Plains: coast-plains; flood plains 3. Glaciers 4. Winds and tides 5. Volcanoes and earthquakes III. Movements of the oceanr. Tides; currents; waves2. Causes of above IV. Mathematical geography 1. The equator and the pole 2. The tropics and polar circles 3. The zones—names, positions, climate 4. The axis of the earth—day and night 5. Th
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