初中中国地理和世界地理课本中,插图很多,指导学生充分运用这些插图,是地理教学中一个很重要的问题。运用得好,可以增强教学的直观性,加深学生对某些地区地理特征的认识和记忆,弥补学生感性知识的缺乏;可以启发思维,发展观察力,提高学生分析解决问题的能力。我在教学中要求学生仔细阅读每一幅插图,除了回答插图本身提出的问题外,我还经常出一些题目让学生思考回答,以加深对插图的理解。例如,对世界地理第六章第一节的“墨西哥湾暖 Junior high school China Geography and World Geography textbook, a lot of illustrations to guide students to make full use of these illustrations is a geography teaching is a very important issue. Well used, can enhance the visual teaching, deepen students 'understanding and memory of geographical features in some areas to make up for the lack of perceptual knowledge of students; can inspire thinking, the development of observational power and improve students' ability to analyze and solve problems. In teaching, I asked students to read each illustration carefully. In addition to answering the questions posed by the illustrations themselves, I often asked students to think and answer questions so as to deepen their understanding of the illustrations. For example, Section I of World Geography Chapter "The Gulf of Mexico Warming