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Practical information for using a variety of pic ures in the geography classroom is provided. Although pictures which depict cultural and natural landscape conditions are readily available, the methods by which pictures should be used in the classroom to produce the greatest impact on learning need to be carefully considered by the teacher. This publication describes procedures for classifying, rading, and using pictures in the classroom for maximum results. The-basic cl7lterion for the selection and_use of_a picture it geography inetruction is its geogranbic quality. Pictures may be classified.4s possessing primary, secondary, or tertiary geographic quality on the basis of the portrayal of cultural and natural landscape:items and the geographic relationships shown or suggested. Gradation in picture study is based on the degree of interpretative ability required to make the desired use of the picture. Pictures can be used for presenting either reconnaissance o