A. What is a type? “A type is that individual of a species or genus which contains the largest number of features which are characteristic of the species or genus as a whole.”
B. Types must be good geographic units, and not mere instances. The essentials of a good geographic unit.
C. A typical instance is not:
a. The most involved or striking example.
b. The most interesting example.
D. Why types cannot easily be selected in geography. Advantages and difficulties of using types.
a. Examples of good types.
E. Ways in which teaching by types is actually used in various texts and courses of study.
F. Teaching by “types” does not readily lead to the bringing out of political features; leads to overmuch detail and overemphasis of non-essentials.
Reference: McMurry, C. A., Special Method in Geography, chap. ix.