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Fagella, Kathy – Instructor, 1992
This unit is designed to strengthen critical thinking and problem-solving skills by allowing students to assume the roles of 1992 Winter Olympic Games planners who make preparations for the event. A reproducible data sheet serves as a resource. Hands-on activities and a critical television viewing activity are included. (IAH)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
Schilder, Rosalind – Instructor, 1984
Children learn about maps and develop self-confidence in their ability to get where they want to go in a unit of adventurous learning activities. A variety of kinds of maps help children learn about their community, state, country, and the weather. (DF)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Learning Activities
Beach, Lea – Instructor, 1991
Describes a Louisiana elementary school's multidisciplinary geography program. The class selects a destination to which they travel by imaginary plane (created in the classroom), and the teacher integrates cross-curricular skills. Students research and discuss the trip (resources, flight plans, passports, and travel logs) and write descriptive…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Air Transportation, Class Activities, Elementary Education
Walmsley, Bonnie Brown; Camp, Anne-Marie – Instructor, 1997
Presents a cross-curricular theme unit on colors that includes a pullout poster and a resource list. Social studies activities highlight flags of the world. Science activities teach about colors of animals and the science of color. Language arts activities describe colorful language. Mathematics activities involve sorting and graphing colors. (SM)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Color, Interdisciplinary Approach
Instructor, 1983
More than 50 starter ideas for social studies projects and units for the primary and intermediate grades are presented. These help develop children's skills in social studies, reading, handwriting, and language arts, and stir their interest in local history and government. Activities can be used for new projects or to enrich ongoing ones. (PP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Educational Games, Enrichment Activities, Intermediate Grades