Elementary Inductive GeographyPotter & Putnam Company, 1900 - 228 páginas |
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... grow on their summits . What do you see instead ? Where are the trees growing ? What kind of trees do they appear to be ? Do you know of any mountainous land near your school ? If so , tell the class about it . ARCTIC OCEAN R ARCTIC ...
... grow on their summits . What do you see instead ? Where are the trees growing ? What kind of trees do they appear to be ? Do you know of any mountainous land near your school ? If so , tell the class about it . ARCTIC OCEAN R ARCTIC ...
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... grows on it . Describe the two scenes of low , flat land . Some of the land of our earth is neither very high nor very low and flat . It may be hilly , or it may be irregular , roll- ing land . HIGH LAND , LOW LAND , AND SLOPES . HILLY.
... grows on it . Describe the two scenes of low , flat land . Some of the land of our earth is neither very high nor very low and flat . It may be hilly , or it may be irregular , roll- ing land . HIGH LAND , LOW LAND , AND SLOPES . HILLY.
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... growing warmer ? part may soon be cooler ? Can you think of any way by which you could show the class what causes day and night ? Draw the earth and sun so as to illustrate the cause . THE SEASONS . Most of us in this country have. 16 ...
... growing warmer ? part may soon be cooler ? Can you think of any way by which you could show the class what causes day and night ? Draw the earth and sun so as to illustrate the cause . THE SEASONS . Most of us in this country have. 16 ...
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... grow . ing shorter and the evenings longer through the autumn , and the weather is becoming colder . Whence did they come ? Study the scenes in the picture on page 17 . Describe each . Tell which you like best , and why . Keep a record ...
... grow . ing shorter and the evenings longer through the autumn , and the weather is becoming colder . Whence did they come ? Study the scenes in the picture on page 17 . Describe each . Tell which you like best , and why . Keep a record ...
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... growing shorter and colder theirs are becoming longer and warmer . Imagine yourself in South All countries north of the Equat have the opposite season from the com- tries south of the Equator . What season are the people south of the ...
... growing shorter and colder theirs are becoming longer and warmer . Imagine yourself in South All countries north of the Equat have the opposite season from the com- tries south of the Equator . What season are the people south of the ...
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Africa Alaska animals ANTARCTIC CIRCLE ARCTIC ARCTIC CIRCLE ARCTIC OCEAN Asia Atlantic ATLANTIC OCEAN Australia bodies of water Brazil Cape climate coast coastal plains cold Continent cotton coun deciduous deciduous trees Describe DESERT earth eastern EQUATOR Eurasia Europe EVERGREENS FAMILY farming Find flow forest fruit grain grand divisions GRASS grow Gulf harbors highlands important Indians industries islands lake land live lowland manufacturing Mexico miles mineral Mississippi moun mountain North America northern OCEAN Pacific PACIFIC OCEAN PENINSULA picture PINE plants plateau port railroads regions rock rocky Russia sand seaport season seed shores slope snow soil South southern Strait streams sugar summer surface Tell TEMPERATE BELT temperate countries tion TROPIC TROPIC OF CANCER TROPIC OF CAPRICORN tures United valleys vessels warm water-parting weather West western WHEAT winds winter Yucatan Channel
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Página 8 - Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all; And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, A whisper inside me seemed to say, " You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot : You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
Página 7 - Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World, With the wonderful water round you curled, And the wonderful grass upon your breast— World, you are beautifully drest!
Página 7 - You friendly Earth, how far do you go, With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles?
Página 73 - ... draw back Blossom and verdure follow my track. And the land I leave grows proud and fair, For the wonderful race of man is there; And the winds of heaven wail and cry While the nations rise and reign and die — Living and dying in folly and pain. While the laws of the universe thunder in vain. What is the folly of man to me? I am the Sea! I am the Sea. The earth I sway; Granite to me is potter's clay: Under the touch of my careless waves It rises in turrets and sinks in caves; The iron cliffs...
Página 7 - The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
Página 73 - THE SEA. I am the Sea. I hold the land As one holds an apple in his hand. Hold it fast with sleepless eyes, Watching the continents sink and rise. Out of my bosom the mountains grow, Back to its depths they crumble slow : The earth is a helpless child to me — I am the Sea! I am the Sea. When I draw back Blossom and verdure follow my track, And the land I leave grows proud and fair, For the wonderful race of man is there; And the winds of heaven wail and cry While the nations rise and reign and...
Página 73 - ... verdure follow my track, And the land I leave grows proud and fair, For the wonderful race of man is there ; And the winds of heaven wail and cry While the nations rise and reign and die, Living and dying in folly and pain, While the laws of the universe thunder in vain. What is the folly of man to me? I am the Sea ! I am the Sea. The earth I sway ; Granite to me is potter's clay ; Under the touch of my careless waves It rises in turrets and sinks in caves ; The iron cliffs that edge the land...
Página 177 - N. Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, N. Carolina, N. Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, S.
Página 115 - Liliuokalani, was deposed in 1893, and the Hawaiian Islands were annexed to the United States in 1898. They acquired statehood in 1959.
Página 42 - Yes — the Dipper. It will help us to find our way. All I know of astronomy is that a line drawn through the two stars of the bowl points to the North Star. So that insignificant little star up yonder must be the North Star. Now, what is the old formula. — if one stands with one's face to the north " " Your right hand will be toward the east and your left toward the west,