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GEOGRAPHY.
It is the purpose in this course to meet the needs of teachers,
whether engaged in elementary or advanced work. It will provide
courses of practice value to college students. The work embraces
lectures and laboratory and field work in physical and industrial
geography. Lantern slides and other illustrative material will be used.
1. Physical Geography.—An introductory course in practical
physical geography. Some of the topics are: Interpretation of maps;
common minerals and rocks; weathering; elementary meteorology;
relief features origin of land forms produced by erosive agents. Special
emphasis on the relation to human activities of current geography.
Text-Books.—Salisbury's Physiography; Dryer's or Tarr's New
Physical Geographies: Tarr and Von Engeln's Laboratory Manual.
Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Miss Kelley. Peabody Hall, Room 3.
Laboratory, two hours to be arranged.
2. Industrial Geography.—The object of this course will be to gain
an appreciation of the human factor in the great industrial centers
of the world. A study of the distribution and the countries leading
in the production of raw products (agricultural, mineral, forest); the
processes employed in the manufacture of the finished product; the
principal trade routes and markets of the world; the conservation of
our natural resources and a study of our national problems; international
complications in industrial and commercial competition.
Methods of teaching the subject will be kept in mind. The above
course is designed for teachers of all grades, but especially for those
teachers in the Junior and Senior High schools and those who are
interested in our national industrial problems.
Daily, 12:15 to 1:15. Miss Kelley. Peabody Hall, Room 3.
3. Aims and Methods in Geography.—Consists of lectures, discussions,
and methods of teaching local geography. The work is designed
particularly for teachers in the grades. Some of the topics
are: geography in the lower grades use of the text-book; uses of
illustrative material; outline relief and produce maps; field and factory
trips; simple methods of teaching earth movements; latitude
and longitude, tides, winds, and wind belts; correlation of industrial
and regional geography to other subjects in the curriculum.
Daily, 4:30 to 5:30. Miss Kelley. Peabody Hall, Room 4.
Certificates Credit.—Summer School Professional Certificate.—
Advanced Grade, Geography 1 and 2; Summer School Professional
Certificate—High School Grade—Geography 1 and 2; Professional
Grammar Grades Certificate—Geography 3; Professional Primary
Grade Certificates—Geography 3.
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