254 METHODS IN TEACHING 



for accumulating wealth. In Central America the instability 

 of the government and the growing of coffee are the princi- 

 pal topics considered. 



Many maps are drawn throughout the year. Progressive 

 map drawing is valuable in fixing outlines and in giving an 



idea of a pupil's grasp on a subject. The 

 Map Drawing . , . . ' 



following order is suggested : outline map ; 



physical map; rainfall map; isothermal map; produce, 

 mining, or manufacturing map, according to the industrial 

 nature of the section; political map, which may be colored. 

 The following paper was written by a sixth grade boy in 

 connection with the geographical study of industries. No 

 alterations whatever have been made in it. 



THE RECLAIMED LANDS 



A delta is a triangular alluvial deposit formed at the mouth 

 of certain rivers. 



The most interesting land of San Joaquin county is the 

 tule land which extends from Stockton north to New Hope 

 south to Tracy and Banta and west to the boundary of the 

 county. This tule land covers as much as two hundred and 

 fifty thousand acres. It was formed by the constant rushing 

 of the water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains carrying 

 the decayed vegetation and depositing it forming the San 

 Joaquin delta. 



This rich land is intersected by many navagable rivers 

 which are the San Joaquin, Old, Middle, North Fork, South 

 Fork, Calaveras, and Mokelumne Rivers. These rivers 

 running along form many Islands which are Roberts, Union, 

 Bouldin, and Rough and Ready islands. These islands were 

 once covered with water furnishing irrigation for a small 



