It is neither possible nor desirable to have every grade school teacher a specialist in geography.
A. The scope of work analyzed.
a. Larger portion of work will be the geography of continents in earlier or later grades.
b. Small portion of work will be development of principles of physical and life geography.
c. The principles will be expected to be used in continental work.
B. The requisite training of a teacher must then include:
a. Some study of larger principles so as to make these principles usable in all grades.
b. Special study of one or more continents so as to give point of view and method of studying a region causally.
c. Training in use of maps, especially atlas and text maps, weather maps and United States Geological Survey Topographic Maps.
d. Knowledge of larger principles underlying geography teaching in the grades and study of special difficulties in each phase of elementary school work. Knowledge of subject matter is an essential basis for study of methods of teaching.