Home Geography for Primary Grades

by C. C. Long

46 chapters2h 16mEnglish1894

About this book

Lessons and exercises for young children, exploring map and compass, mountains and rivers, trees and flowers, wind and rain, and more. (Summary by Sarah Jennings)

Chapters (45)

1Position

107

2How the Sun Shows Direction

235

3How the Stars Show Direction

123

4How the Compass Shows Direction

121

5Questions on Direction

158

6What the Winds Bring (Poem)

141

7How to Tell Distance

174

8Pictures and Plans

234

9Written Exercise

173

10God Made Them All (Poem)

11Plains

232

12Hills, Mountains, Valleys

232

13Rain, Wind, and Snow

14How Water is Changed to Vapor

169

15How Vapor is Changed to Water

152

16Dew, Clouds, and Rain

213

17The Fairy Artist (Poem)

18How Rivers are Made

227

19More About Rivers

232

20The Brook (Poem)

21Work of Flowing Rivers

185

22Waterdrop's Story

336

23The River (Poem)

100

24A Map

113

25Forms of Land and Water

191

26More About Forms of Land and Water

183

27A Trip to the Highlands

283

28Spring (Poem)

29Useful Vegetables

30Useful Grains

193

31Fruits

125

32Useful Plants

225

33Forest Trees

208

34Flowers

152

35What is Necessary to Make Plants Grow

36Summer Rain (Poem)

37The Parts of Animals

121

38The Covering of Animals

39Uses of Animals

181

40The Signs of the Seasons (Poem)

41Things Found in the Earth

425

42More About Things Found in the Earth

264

43How People Live, and What They are Doing

385

44More About What People are Doing

249

45A Review Lesson

134

Home Geography for Primary Grades

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Chapters (45)

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