Albert L. Arey
Published: 2015-08-05
Total Pages: 476
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Excerpt from Physiography: For High Schools For a number of years the authors have felt the need of a text that presents physiography from the high school point of view, both in content and in treatment. Since more than nine tenths of the pupils who enter secondary schools complete their formal education in such schools, the needs of this great class cannot be neglected; and subjects must be planned with the fact in mind that secondary pupils should know the scientific explanation of the common phenomena of nature. A course in physiography in a college is naturally limited by the existence of parallel courses in astronomy, geology, and meteorology; and the fear of overlapping has led college men to omit many valuable topics from their courses and from the texts which they have prepared. No such limitation is found in the high school, and teachers are at liberty to select such topics as will contribute most to the culture of the pupil. High school pupils should know of the earth as a whole, its relation to the other heavenly bodies, and the influence of its size, shape, and motions upon our daily life. They should know of the sun and the moon and their influence, and lack of influence, upon us. We have, therefore, included in our course, such astronomical topics as are necessary to this end. The pupils should also know of the natural resources of our country and their importance, and should understand the influence of climate and physical environment upon a given region as well as upon the history and the development of our nation and of the civilizations of the world. We have, therefore, included topics usually treated only in geology, meteorology, and history. The abstract discussion of processes, as processes, belongs to the college rather than to the high school; we have, therefore, discussed such topics as diastrophism, erosion, and the like in connection with concrete instances of their work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.