This paper presents a view of the acknowledged lack of geographic knowledge exhibited by U.S. students. This view is grounded in the definition of geography that is developed through five themes: location, place, relationship within places, movement, and regions. According to this view, only a very small, usually trivial, part of geography…

Topics on the subject of continental drift are discussed for teacher use in promoting student interest in coastlines, mountain ranges, and landscapes in general. (Author/KM)

This is a set consisting of primer and workbook which provides an introduction to basic geographic concepts and principles for the upper intermediate grade child. Its objectives are to assist the student in understanding the order and logic of his physical environment and its interaction with human society. There are opportunities for…

Describes Middle America (Central America) in terms of two geographical building blocks: location and place. Tables, maps, films, video resources, and a suggested instructional activity demonstrate the concepts of location, physical characteristics, and cultural characteristics in geographic education. (DH)

The object of study in geography is the earth, and more precisely, the earth as the home of man. Literacy, as applied to geography, involves a fresh new layer on the educational itinerary. It presumes that a person already has the ability to read and write and to communicate verbally. This dictionary of geographic literacy enhances this learning…

The author lists the advantages of component models and suggest their substitution for sequence models, which emphasize time rather than space relationships, in the teaching of geomorphology. (JH)

This statement, prapared by the Council of the Australian Geography Teachers Association to assist geography teachers, curriculum planners, and educational administrators, describes geography as a field of study focusing on the environment through the use of spatial concepts and establishes the usefulness and importance of geography in school…

First part of a continuing series on the teaching of geography. (DS)

First part of a continuing series. (DS)

Part 2 of a three-part series; part 1 appeared in the April 1972 issue. (DS)

Paper presented to the Commission on Geography in Education, Quebec, Canada, August 1972. (DS)

Paper presented to the Commission on Geography in Education, Quebec, Canada, August 1972. (DS)