Field Lessons in the Geography and History of the Boston Basin: A Handbook for Teachers (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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HE following Outline of Field Lessons is the result of a dozen years of study of the prob lem of teaching Geography in the grammar grades. The large number of earnest, progressive teachers Who have done, and are still doing pioneer work along this line proves the need of some systematic plan in giving field lessons in the different grades. Otherwise the pupil may be taken to the same place by successive teachers, and altogether miss some of the most valuable trips. By following some such outline as is here given every pupil Will have an opportunity to Visit many different localities, and acquaint himself at first hand With his home city and all its advantages.

There are few sections of the country that offer such a variety of attractive subjects for field les sons as Metropolitan Boston. This region is, as EX - President Eliot has so truly said, one of the most interesting historical regions in the United States, and one of the most beautiful to be found here or in Europe. Nature has been lavish With her charms; she has given us sea and shore, rocky headlands and broad, smooth beaches, tidal marshes With their sinuous streams, hill and valley, rugged woodlands and sparkling ponds and rivers.

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