Record #:

2491

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

Needham Bryan Cobb had a unique way to teach geography in the 19th Century. He incorporated the names of counties, creeks, sounds, and other features into poems that students then memorized from his 1887 book, POETICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 4, Sept 1995, p14, 16, por

Subject(s):

Cobb, Needham Bryan, 1836-1905; Geography--Study and teaching; Geography--Textbooks