Trains, Tracks, and Nodal Regions.

Jobin, Raymond A.

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ERIC Number: EJ440229

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Trains, Tracks, and Nodal Regions.

Jobin, Raymond A.

Journal of Geography, v90 n4 p160-63 Jul-Aug 1991

Presents a lesson plan that enables children to identify their community as a nodal region. Includes field trips, map tracing and comparison, discussion, and observation. Emphasizes children's analysis of the effect of rail transportation on their community. Suggests using the students' community as a geographic laboratory for hands-on experience. (DK)

Descriptors: Cartography, Discussion, Elementary Education, Field Trips, Geography Instruction, Map Skills, Maps, Observational Learning, Regional Planning, Student Experience, Student Projects, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reference Materials - Geographic

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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