Lesson 19: Geography Drawings (Direction)
The instructor reads to children:
- The surface of the earth is a series of directions, of vertical, horizontal, oblique, and curved directions, taking the
form of plains, hills, mountains, valleys, slopes, and the various forms of water.
- The objects on the surface of the ground such as trees, houses, boats, etc., should be made small — very small as compared with the surface of the ground. A large tree by comparison would suggest a small valley, and a small tree a large valley.
- A tree or house suggests land; a boat or fish, water; a bridge, a stream, etc. Use these objects to suggest the various forms of land and water.
Children complete the following drill work on geography drawings:
- Represent a plain.
- Represent a water plain.
- Represent a slope.
- Represent a bluff.
- Represent a mountain.
- Represent a hill.
- Represent an island.
- Represent a lake.
- Represent a bay.
- Represent a point.
- Draw a mountain from memory.
- Draw the valley from memory.