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ERIC Number: EJ288887
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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The Object, the Past, and the Social Studies Classroom.
Burke, Mary C.
Social Studies, v74 n5 p193-97 Sep-Oct 1983
Many ways in which objects can be used to teach history are examined. An activity which requires students to hypothesize about the conditions of poverty and unemployment during the Great Depression and then to test their hypotheses by examining photographs taken in the 1930s is provided. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Humanism, Learning Activities, Photographs, Primary Sources, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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