In map teaching, it is found that many students are on the wrong track, They may have correct knowledge about a large scale map, but they know very little about how to read a map on a small scale. Foe example in reading a map of the areas, they can not estimate correctly the distances, nor the azimuth. Then the author has made a teaching plan (Table II) and compared it with the New Course of Study.
It is belived that we can teach a large scale map reading better by relating it to arithmetic and to what the students are learning of science. Thus we can help them understand the areas, distances and tha azimuth.
We know, of course, that it is important to teach all the social studies, including the course in geography, by means of laboratory work or practice. But the New Course of Study, in so far as it concerns geography, is not adequately related to the stage of growth of the students.
As for the small scale map, nothing is so needful as a study of the globe, the study of which will lead to an understanding of the character of the map. Table II points that out. It is certainly clear, in that respect, the course in geography is deficient.
