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C.C. Long’s Home Geography is a lovely introduction to the subject for children. Broken into short chapters with beautiful illustrations and poetry along with questions to help the child remember what has been taught, this book forms a solid foundation that can be built on in later years.Chapters include - DirectionDistance Hills, Mountains, Valleys Rain, Wind, Snow Rivers Maps Grains, Fruits, Plants Things Found in the Earth ...and much more.

A popular homeschooling resource for many generations now. Geography may be divided into the geography of the home and the geography of the world at large. A knowledge of the home must be obtained by direct observation; of the rest of the world, through the imagination assisted by information. Ideas acquired by direct observation form a basis for imagining those things which are distant and unknown. The first work, then, in geographical instruction, is to study that small part of the earth's surface lying just at our doors. All around are illustrations of lake and river, upland and lowland, slope and valley. These forms must be actually observed by the pupil, mental pictures obtained, in order that he may be enabled to build up in his mind other mental pictures of similar unseen forms. The hill that he climbs each day may, by an appeal to his imagination, represent to him the lofty Andes or the Alps. From the meadow, or the bit of level land near the door, may be developed a notion of plain and prairie. The little stream that flows past the schoolhouse door, or even one formed by the sudden shower, may speak to him of the Mississippi, the Amazon, or the Rhine. Similarly, the idea of sea or ocean may be deduced from that of pond or lake. Thus, after the pupil has acquired elementary ideas by actual perception, the imagination can use them in constructing, on a larger scale, mental pictures of similar objects outside the bounds of his own experience and observation.

TO THE TEACHERI.--POSITIONII.--HOW THE SUN SHOWS DIRECTIONIII.--HOW THE STARS SHOW DIRECTIONIV.--HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTIONV.--QUESTIONS ON DIRECTIONVI.--WHAT THE WINDS BRING (POEM)VII.--HOW TO TELL DISTANCEVIII.--PICTURES AND PLANSIX.--WRITTEN EXERCISEX.--GOD MADE THEM ALL (POEM)XI.--PLAINSXII.--HILLS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYSXIII.--RAIN, WIND, AND SNOWXIV.--HOW WATER IS CHANGED TO VAPORXV.--HOW VAPOR IS CHANGED TO WATERXVI.--DEW, CLOUDS, AND RAINXVII.--THE FAIRY ARTIST (POEM)XVIII.--HOW RIVERS ARE MADEXIX.--MORE ABOUT RIVERSXX.--THE BROOK (POEM)XXI.--WORK OF FLOWING RIVERSXXII.--WATERDROP'S STORYXXIII.--THE RIVER (POEM)XXIV.--A MAPXXV.--FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVI.--MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVII.--A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDSXXVIII.--SPRING (POEM)XXIX.--USEFUL VEGETABLESXXX.--USEFUL GRAINSXXXI.--FRUITSXXXII.--USEFUL PLANTSXXXIII.--FOREST TREESXXXIV.--FLOWERSXXXV.--WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE PLANTS GROWXXXVI.--SUMMER RAIN (POEM)XXXVII.--THE PARTS OF ANIMALSXXXVIII.--THE COVERING OF ANIMALSXXXIX.--USES OF ANIMALSXL.--THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS (POEM)XLI.--THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLII.--MORE ABOUT THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLIII.--HOW PEOPLE LIVE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOINGXLIV.--MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOINGXLV.--A REVIEW LESSON

TO THE TEACHERI.--POSITIONII.--HOW THE SUN SHOWS DIRECTIONIII.--HOW THE STARS SHOW DIRECTIONIV.--HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTIONV.--QUESTIONS ON DIRECTIONVI.--WHAT THE WINDS BRING (POEM)VII.--HOW TO TELL DISTANCEVIII.--PICTURES AND PLANSIX.--WRITTEN EXERCISEX.--GOD MADE THEM ALL (POEM)XI.--PLAINSXII.--HILLS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYSXIII.--RAIN, WIND, AND SNOWXIV.--HOW WATER IS CHANGED TO VAPORXV.--HOW VAPOR IS CHANGED TO WATERXVI.--DEW, CLOUDS, AND RAINXVII.--THE FAIRY ARTIST (POEM)XVIII.--HOW RIVERS ARE MADEXIX.--MORE ABOUT RIVERSXX.--THE BROOK (POEM)XXI.--WORK OF FLOWING RIVERSXXII.--WATERDROP'S STORYXXIII.--THE RIVER (POEM)XXIV.--A MAPXXV.--FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVI.--MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVII.--A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDSXXVIII.--SPRING (POEM)XXIX.--USEFUL VEGETABLESXXX.--USEFUL GRAINSXXXI.--FRUITSXXXII.--USEFUL PLANTSXXXIII.--FOREST TREESXXXIV.--FLOWERSXXXV.--WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE PLANTS GROWXXXVI.--SUMMER RAIN (POEM)XXXVII.--THE PARTS OF ANIMALSXXXVIII.--THE COVERING OF ANIMALSXXXIX.--USES OF ANIMALSXL.--THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS (POEM)XLI.--THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLII.--MORE ABOUT THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLIII.--HOW PEOPLE LIVE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOINGXLIV.--MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOINGXLV.--A REVIEW LESSON

TO THE TEACHERI.--POSITIONII.--HOW THE SUN SHOWS DIRECTIONIII.--HOW THE STARS SHOW DIRECTIONIV.--HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTIONV.--QUESTIONS ON DIRECTIONVI.--WHAT THE WINDS BRING (POEM)VII.--HOW TO TELL DISTANCEVIII.--PICTURES AND PLANSIX.--WRITTEN EXERCISEX.--GOD MADE THEM ALL (POEM)XI.--PLAINSXII.--HILLS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYSXIII.--RAIN, WIND, AND SNOWXIV.--HOW WATER IS CHANGED TO VAPORXV.--HOW VAPOR IS CHANGED TO WATERXVI.--DEW, CLOUDS, AND RAINXVII.--THE FAIRY ARTIST (POEM)XVIII.--HOW RIVERS ARE MADEXIX.--MORE ABOUT RIVERSXX.--THE BROOK (POEM)XXI.--WORK OF FLOWING RIVERSXXII.--WATERDROP'S STORYXXIII.--THE RIVER (POEM)XXIV.--A MAPXXV.--FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVI.--MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVII.--A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDSXXVIII.--SPRING (POEM)XXIX.--USEFUL VEGETABLESXXX.--USEFUL GRAINSXXXI.--FRUITSXXXII.--USEFUL PLANTSXXXIII.--FOREST TREESXXXIV.--FLOWERSXXXV.--WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE PLANTS GROWXXXVI.--SUMMER RAIN (POEM)XXXVII.--THE PARTS OF ANIMALSXXXVIII.--THE COVERING OF ANIMALSXXXIX.--USES OF ANIMALSXL.--THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS (POEM)XLI.--THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLII.--MORE ABOUT THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLIII.--HOW PEOPLE LIVE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOINGXLIV.--MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOINGXLV.--A REVIEW LESSON

TO THE TEACHERI.--POSITIONII.--HOW THE SUN SHOWS DIRECTIONIII.--HOW THE STARS SHOW DIRECTIONIV.--HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTIONV.--QUESTIONS ON DIRECTIONVI.--WHAT THE WINDS BRING (POEM)VII.--HOW TO TELL DISTANCEVIII.--PICTURES AND PLANSIX.--WRITTEN EXERCISEX.--GOD MADE THEM ALL (POEM)XI.--PLAINSXII.--HILLS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYSXIII.--RAIN, WIND, AND SNOWXIV.--HOW WATER IS CHANGED TO VAPORXV.--HOW VAPOR IS CHANGED TO WATERXVI.--DEW, CLOUDS, AND RAINXVII.--THE FAIRY ARTIST (POEM)XVIII.--HOW RIVERS ARE MADEXIX.--MORE ABOUT RIVERSXX.--THE BROOK (POEM)XXI.--WORK OF FLOWING RIVERSXXII.--WATERDROP'S STORYXXIII.--THE RIVER (POEM)XXIV.--A MAPXXV.--FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVI.--MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVII.--A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDSXXVIII.--SPRING (POEM)XXIX.--USEFUL VEGETABLESXXX.--USEFUL GRAINSXXXI.--FRUITSXXXII.--USEFUL PLANTSXXXIII.--FOREST TREESXXXIV.--FLOWERSXXXV.--WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE PLANTS GROWXXXVI.--SUMMER RAIN (POEM)XXXVII.--THE PARTS OF ANIMALSXXXVIII.--THE COVERING OF ANIMALSXXXIX.--USES OF ANIMALSXL.--THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS (POEM)XLI.--THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLII.--MORE ABOUT THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLIII.--HOW PEOPLE LIVE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOINGXLIV.--MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOINGXLV.--A REVIEW LESSON

TO THE TEACHERI.--POSITIONII.--HOW THE SUN SHOWS DIRECTIONIII.--HOW THE STARS SHOW DIRECTIONIV.--HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTIONV.--QUESTIONS ON DIRECTIONVI.--WHAT THE WINDS BRING (POEM)VII.--HOW TO TELL DISTANCEVIII.--PICTURES AND PLANSIX.--WRITTEN EXERCISEX.--GOD MADE THEM ALL (POEM)XI.--PLAINSXII.--HILLS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYSXIII.--RAIN, WIND, AND SNOWXIV.--HOW WATER IS CHANGED TO VAPORXV.--HOW VAPOR IS CHANGED TO WATERXVI.--DEW, CLOUDS, AND RAINXVII.--THE FAIRY ARTIST (POEM)XVIII.--HOW RIVERS ARE MADEXIX.--MORE ABOUT RIVERSXX.--THE BROOK (POEM)XXI.--WORK OF FLOWING RIVERSXXII.--WATERDROP'S STORYXXIII.--THE RIVER (POEM)XXIV.--A MAPXXV.--FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVI.--MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVII.--A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDSXXVIII.--SPRING (POEM)XXIX.--USEFUL VEGETABLESXXX.--USEFUL GRAINSXXXI.--FRUITSXXXII.--USEFUL PLANTSXXXIII.--FOREST TREESXXXIV.--FLOWERSXXXV.--WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE PLANTS GROWXXXVI.--SUMMER RAIN (POEM)XXXVII.--THE PARTS OF ANIMALSXXXVIII.--THE COVERING OF ANIMALSXXXIX.--USES OF ANIMALSXL.--THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS (POEM)XLI.--THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLII.--MORE ABOUT THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLIII.--HOW PEOPLE LIVE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOINGXLIV.--MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOINGXLV.--A REVIEW LESSON

TO THE TEACHERI.--POSITIONII.--HOW THE SUN SHOWS DIRECTIONIII.--HOW THE STARS SHOW DIRECTIONIV.--HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTIONV.--QUESTIONS ON DIRECTIONVI.--WHAT THE WINDS BRING (POEM)VII.--HOW TO TELL DISTANCEVIII.--PICTURES AND PLANSIX.--WRITTEN EXERCISEX.--GOD MADE THEM ALL (POEM)XI.--PLAINSXII.--HILLS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYSXIII.--RAIN, WIND, AND SNOWXIV.--HOW WATER IS CHANGED TO VAPORXV.--HOW VAPOR IS CHANGED TO WATERXVI.--DEW, CLOUDS, AND RAINXVII.--THE FAIRY ARTIST (POEM)XVIII.--HOW RIVERS ARE MADEXIX.--MORE ABOUT RIVERSXX.--THE BROOK (POEM)XXI.--WORK OF FLOWING RIVERSXXII.--WATERDROP'S STORYXXIII.--THE RIVER (POEM)XXIV.--A MAPXXV.--FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVI.--MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVII.--A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDSXXVIII.--SPRING (POEM)XXIX.--USEFUL VEGETABLESXXX.--USEFUL GRAINSXXXI.--FRUITSXXXII.--USEFUL PLANTSXXXIII.--FOREST TREESXXXIV.--FLOWERSXXXV.--WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE PLANTS GROWXXXVI.--SUMMER RAIN (POEM)XXXVII.--THE PARTS OF ANIMALSXXXVIII.--THE COVERING OF ANIMALSXXXIX.--USES OF ANIMALSXL.--THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS (POEM)XLI.--THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLII.--MORE ABOUT THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLIII.--HOW PEOPLE LIVE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOINGXLIV.--MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOINGXLV.--A REVIEW LESSON

TO THE TEACHERI.--POSITIONII.--HOW THE SUN SHOWS DIRECTIONIII.--HOW THE STARS SHOW DIRECTIONIV.--HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTIONV.--QUESTIONS ON DIRECTIONVI.--WHAT THE WINDS BRING (POEM)VII.--HOW TO TELL DISTANCEVIII.--PICTURES AND PLANSIX.--WRITTEN EXERCISEX.--GOD MADE THEM ALL (POEM)XI.--PLAINSXII.--HILLS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYSXIII.--RAIN, WIND, AND SNOWXIV.--HOW WATER IS CHANGED TO VAPORXV.--HOW VAPOR IS CHANGED TO WATERXVI.--DEW, CLOUDS, AND RAINXVII.--THE FAIRY ARTIST (POEM)XVIII.--HOW RIVERS ARE MADEXIX.--MORE ABOUT RIVERSXX.--THE BROOK (POEM)XXI.--WORK OF FLOWING RIVERSXXII.--WATERDROP'S STORYXXIII.--THE RIVER (POEM)XXIV.--A MAPXXV.--FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVI.--MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LAND AND WATERXXVII.--A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDSXXVIII.--SPRING (POEM)XXIX.--USEFUL VEGETABLESXXX.--USEFUL GRAINSXXXI.--FRUITSXXXII.--USEFUL PLANTSXXXIII.--FOREST TREESXXXIV.--FLOWERSXXXV.--WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE PLANTS GROWXXXVI.--SUMMER RAIN (POEM)XXXVII.--THE PARTS OF ANIMALSXXXVIII.--THE COVERING OF ANIMALSXXXIX.--USES OF ANIMALSXL.--THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS (POEM)XLI.--THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLII.--MORE ABOUT THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTHXLIII.--HOW PEOPLE LIVE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOINGXLIV.--MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOINGXLV.--A REVIEW LESSON

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Illustrated. 8.5X11 format book. Home Geography by C. C. Long, used in Ambleside Online and an Old Fashioned Education.Geography may be divided into the geography of the home and the geography of the world at large. A knowledge of the home must be obtained by direct observation; of the rest of the world, through the imagination assisted by information. Ideas acquired by direct observation form a basis for imagining those things which are distant andunknown. The first work, then, in geographicalinstruction, is to study that small part of the earth's surface lying just at our doors. All around are illustrations of lake and river, upland and lowland, slope and valley. These forms must be actually observed by the pupil, mental pictures obtained, in order that he may be enabled to build up in his mind other mental pictures of similar unseen forms. The hill that he climbs each daymay, by an appeal to his imagination, represent to him the lofty Andes or the Alps. From the meadow, or the bit of level land near the door, may be developed a notion of plain and prairie. The little stream that flows past the schoolhouse door, or even one formed by the sudden shower, may speak to him of the Mississippi, the Amazon,or the Rhine. Similarly, the idea of sea or ocean may be deduced from that of pond or lake. Thus, after the pupil has acquired elementary ideas by actual perception, the imagination can use them in constructing, on a larger scale, mental pictures of similar objects outside the bounds of his own experience and observation.