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Download full textJaneway, W. Whitney – 1976
This publication contains class activities and provocative inquiry questions for intermediate-grade teachers to use to involve students in map making and map interpretation. The author believes that the only things that are needed to develop an inquiry-oriented unit on mapping are a good map, a small group of students, and a perceptive teacher who…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Definitions, Elementary Education, Geography
Nunley, Robert E. – 1971
This technical report describes the operation of a field plotter and the kinds of geographic problems that the instrument can simulate. The field plotter is an easily operated analog computer which employs the electrically conductive sheet analog to simulate a wide range of physical and human-related spatial phenomena. The diffusion patterns of…
Descriptors: Analog Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Innovation, Educational Media
PDF pending restorationKurfman, Dana G., Ed. – 1977
This 47th Yearbook of the National Council for the Social Studies is intended to help elementary and secondary teachers improve students' capacities for making good decisions. Both background readings and learning exercises for teachers and activities which can be used in the classroom with students are provided. Chapter one discusses decision…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Group Dynamics
Berger, Evelyn; Winters, Bonnie A. – 1973
This booklet offers practical suggestions for implementing and planning social studies programs in the open classroom. Emphasis is on helping students become active and involved learners in an environment in which the concept of education is viewed as a social experience. An introductory chapter cautions the teacher to carefully consider the goals…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
Clarke, Wentworth; Green, Frederick E. – 1985
Intended as an innovative methods text to aid teachers in training as well as teachers in practice, 36 essays written by "outstanding contemporary leaders in social studies education" selectively address important areas currently shaping a new, "more mature," social studies. Five essays in chapter I review current attempts to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Education, Content Area Reading, Definitions
Ryan, Frank L. – 1980
The book presents 477 classroom activity suggestions for elementary and middle school teachers which reflect current social studies instructional thinking. The objectives are to promote greater understanding of the instructional topics presented and to encourage a commitment to integrating current instructional trends into personal classroom…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Career Education, Civil Liberties, Class Activities
