Date of Award
8-1936
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Degree Discipline
Arts and Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to simplify the teaching of Third Grade Geography. Modern education suggests a change in the selection and organization of subject matter for the third grade, that may be as great an aid as all the other materials that were used in the past combined.
Third Grade Geography is largely observational. Every effort should be made to show the child his true relation to his immediate surroundings. Directions over the child's outside experiences seek the things he knows about; he observes the weather conditions, and the use of the thermometer is a good device to demonstrate his relationship to some facts of geography.
The study of our own district, the kind of food, clothing and shelter we use, are the direct key to the understanding of the forms, and phenomena of foreign lands. Trips should be made to all kind of Interesting places, especially those, where things that the child uses are manufactured or grown: woolen and cotton mills, packing houses, rivers, mines, forests, and places which are available in the community where they my observe how these things are accomplished.
Illustrated material is used in order to give the child a clear understanding of facts to be learned. First hand experience through participation in group activities is valuable and develops the ability to imagine and interpret the child's immediate environment.
Committee Chair/Advisor
N. A. Kirkland
Publisher
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
Rights
© 2021 Prairie View A & M University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Date of Digitization
7-27-2021
Contributing Institution
John B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Marshall, E. N. (1936). The Teaching of Geography in the Third Grade. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/95