We live upon a great round ball or sphere. It is called the EARTH. There are many wonderful and beau THE CHILD'S WORLD. Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World, The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree; tiful things about this earth of ours of It walks on water, and whirls the mills, which we shall learn. And talks to itself on the tops of the hills. smaller division entirely surrounded entirely surrounded by water. These are continents. They are divided into six Grand Divisions: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. (Europe and Asia together form Eurasia.) Find each grand division in the world-pictures. Tell which are connected. We live in North America. North America and South America form the Western Continent; Eurasia and Africa the Eastern Continent; Australia the Australian Continent. the Western Continent was supposed to have been discovered and settled long after the Eastern Continent. On the next page is the picture of an island. Trace around it and tell by what it is entirely surrounded. Trace around other islands in the world-pictures. Tell how they differ from the Eastern and Western Continents. There are many islands on Our earth. Some of them are very large, and some are very small. Many people live on the islands of the world. |