Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1921)

May, 1921 MOVING PICTURE AGE 17 refer to it in comparing other harbors. This is real Study. The study of harbors like Valparaiso and Iquique will go fast. Rio is one of the world's great harbors. Do not reduce it to a par with all others, and dismiss it with a sentence. Teach pupils the spelling of names as they are met. Observe quickly the spelling. The teacher pronounces distinctly, by syllables, and spells. The class repeats. Do not be afraid of concert recitations. Nothing kills a recitation more certainly than the everlasting application of the formula, "State your question, then call upon some individual to answer." The work must move forward rapidly. Do not be afraid of repetition. As soon as you proceed to another harbor, for example, Buenos Aaires, review Rio by comparisons. How far from Rio? In what direction? Is it land locked? What does Buenos Aires export? What Rio? Compare size of cities. Do not tell pupils the distance in miles between Rio and Buenos Aires. From the map have them see the latitude of each and use "nearly 70 miles'' as the unit of measure of the distance between them. Having learned the position of Buenos Aires, pupils know the latitude of Valparaiso as soon as, inspecting the map, they visualize its relative position. We are all the time building in a mental picture of South America as a whole — inductively. This is the way we get our most usable knowledge in practical life. Slide Buyers' Guide At Last Lantern Slides on FILM Rolls Noninflammable Weight of 100 Slides. 3 Oz. Equal in results to Fine Glass Slides. Usable on ordinary stereopticon by means of the Touriscope attachment. A Library of Educational Slide Films for Religious, Educational and Entertainment Purposes Now Ready. UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD Touriscope Dept. 417 Fifth Ave., New York Making Comparisons in Slide Studies Study the comparative size of the United States and Brazil, F 1. Come back to this often until the comparison is a working tool in the pupil's mind. The coffee industry may be taken up next. In using the pictures, first observe them. Differentiate information that can be secured from the picture from that which is supplementary and expressed in words only. Teaching pupils how to observe and how to express precisely what they see is the chief aim. You are training pupils how to study geography. There is a vast difference between an educated mind and one filled with a hodge-podge of unrelated information. It will not be enough merely to study what is in the pictures. From the books learn the extent of the industry. Remember there is a commercial problem connected with every product not consumed locally. To what place is it sent and how? As the study progresses pupils will realize that other countries of South America also produce coffee. Fi LeY (Drying Coffee) will be used in studying Peru. This will call to mind the coffee raising in Brazil and the more extended range of the industry will be appreciated. Highlands of Brazil. From a map like F 2, on which elevations are expressed by color, pupils acquire a partial notion of the areas of highland and lowland, but do not visualize slope. Try them. Teach them to read the relief of a country by interpreting the streams that flow through it. Have them trace as exactly as possible the main watershed of the highlands of Brazil, directing the pointer between the sources of the several rivers. Lead them to visualize small tributaries between the rivers actually shown on map F 4. Have pupils keep in mind that water runs down hill. Have several rivers, including those flowing south from the highlands of Brazil, traced from mouth to source or source to mouth. What does the Sao Francisco river tell about the relief of eastern Brazil? Account for the arid region of Brazil shown on map F 3. Continue this work with other regions until a habit is established. A proper study of South America will give a pupil initiative in studying other parts of the earth. Since this collection does not contain illustrations of cattle raising in Brazil, it might be better to leave the Please say, "As advertised in MOVING PICTURE AGE, Slides of Agriculture Every phase of agricultural endeavor is illustrated by slides listed in Catalog A. A lantern specially adapted to extension uses is the "Automatic Scription." Catalog and circular on request. McINTOSH SESSS"™ 485 ATLAS BLOCK CHICAGO, ILL. Special Slides Made to Order WE ARE PARTICULAR SLIDE MAKERS AND OUR WORK IS ALL HIGH GRADE. WE DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW ANYONE TO HAVE SLIDES MADE FROM YOUR NEGATIVES. Write for information on our Lantern Slides, plain, toned or colored, from negatives or any form of copy. Technical Photography LEMAN HICKS 2063 East Fourth St. COMPANY CLEVELAND, OHIO A MAZDA BALOPTICON FOR EVERY NEED Complete Line of Stereopticon Lanterns, Slides and Supplies Slides and Lectures in great variety, loaned and sold Geo. W. Bond Slide Company, 4 East Lake St. Chicago, 111. when you write to advertisers.