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Han, Yiting – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
Culture, as the fifth language skill, enables learners to develop into multilingually and multiculturally aware global citizens. The traditional Chinese architecture is as old as Chinese civilization. The wisdom, stories, and cultural elements behind traditional Chinese construction is a valued aspect of Chinese culture. This article introduces a…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Multimedia Materials, Advanced Students, Second Language Learning
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Johnson, Aaron; Hicks, David; Ogle, Todd; Bowman, Doug; Cline, David; Ragan, Eric – Social Education, 2017
In 2014, Virginia's Montgomery County school division adopted a place-based social studies curriculum titled "My Place in Time and Space" for fifth grade students. The curriculum promotes an awareness of the impact of place on local knowledge and disciplinary understandings in southwest Virginia, while also connecting local history to…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Computer Simulation
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Zhu, Liangfeng; Pan, Xin; Gao, Gongcheng – Journal of Geography, 2016
Advances in the Google Earth virtual globe and the concomitant Keyhole Markup Language (KML) are providing educators with a convenient platform to cultivate and assess one's place location knowledge (PLK). This article presents a general framework and associated implementation methods for the online testing of PLK using Google Earth. The proposed…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Internet