Exhibits containing tag : geography-lessons

The Eclectic Elementary Geography Text - 1883

Google Books11/25/25Eclectic Elementary Geography (1883) is an illustrated school textbook that introduces basic geographical concepts, physical features, and simple world and U.S. regional descriptions for primary-grade pupils.Publication detailsThe book is part of the “New Eclectic Series” and was published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company of Cincinnati in 1883, running about 80–82 pages with maps and engravings. It was widely used in late 19th‑century American schools, including by students such as Katharine Wright, sister of the Wright brothers.Content and approachThe text covers definitions of land and water forms, map-reading skills, and short descriptions of continents, countries, and major cities, written for young learners. Lessons combine brief explanatory text, question‑and‑answer style exercises, and pictorial maps to reinforce observation and memorization, reflecting the period’s emphasis on rote learning and moralized, American-centered perspectives on the world.Source: Perplexity.ai--Gabrielle Ly

Levi Walter Yaggy - 1887 & 1893

Welcome to The Digital Gallery’s exhibit on Levi Walter Yaggy, comprising 30+ images from the late 1800's used to teach kids about geography. When I first saw his maps and images, I imagined that the creator of these fantastic and creative images must have someone like van Gogh, Warhol or Basquiat, because of my notion of what is a creative personality. Well, it turns out, I was significantly wrong. Levi Walter Yaggy, was an entrepreneur, an investor, an inventor and a farmer. He was born in 1848, the tenth of eleven children. His main business was the Western Publishing House, a company he founded when he was 26 and which grew to have over one thousand employees. His inventiveness may explain why his maps and images have flaps, dials, sliders and other mechanical elements.As a publisher, Yaggy’s company specialized in materials for teachers. His maps came in a kit and were each substantial in size, about 2 feet x 3 feet. Our Yaggy exhibit is composed of two sub-exhibits. The first, from 1893, has nine images that represent geographic terms and climate zones of the world, as well as a relief map of the United States. An unfortunate part of his work is the propagation of the racist idea that temperate zones and their people favor superior cultural development over tropical zones and their people. However, from an information design perspective, his maps and images are exquisitely done because they are "BAZIC" (see Google Slide below). They of their simplicity, their use of color and the overall engagement they foster.Sources:* Boston Rare Maps* Open Culture article 2019* National Geographic 2018* Collossal 2019* Yaggy Obituary* Image of Yaggy and ancestry info* Yaggy Plantation for Sale 2016. Also here.* Books by L.W. Yaggy eBay* Google Slide document about Yaggy and "View of Nature in Ascending Regions". Also describes BAZIC criteria for judging quality of a map.keyword: histtext