| MEASURING LONG DISTANCES. |
ORAL EXERCISES.
How many inches long is your slate? How long is your desk? How many feet long is your room? How wide is it? What is the distance around the room? How many feet wide is each window? Each door? How many yards wide is the nearest street or road?
About what is the height of the schoolroom? Of the schoolhouse? Of the tallest tree near by? Of the nearest church spire?
About how long is the longest street in the town where you live? Do you know how many blocks or squares make a mile? Name the nearest river or creek. Give its direction from the school. In what direction does the water run? Give the direction and distance of the nearest church. What must you know to go to any place?
NOTE.--Have pupils estimate distances by the eye, then verify by actual measurement. Continue the exercises until the work becomes quite accurate. Correct ideas of distance are necessary in order to understand how large the world is, and how far apart places are on its surface.
LESSON VIII.
PICTURES AND PLANS.
You all know what a picture is. But do you know what a plan is?