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McClain, Shirla R. – Social Science Record, 1978
Teachers of history in high school should use historical research as a teaching device. Advantages are that it permits teachers and students to learn together through discovery, integrates national and local history, and encourages students to develop respect for history and historians. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Data Analysis, Educational Trends, Historiography
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Kleg, Milton – Social Science Record, 1988
Presents an inquiry unit of study focusing on the question of rights of smokers and nonsmokers as it may be acted out in a court of law. Includes two phases of data collection, beginning with a springboard scenario and incorporating a simulation during the hypothesis testing stage of the inquiry. References are provided. (LS)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Class Activities
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Vernon, John A. – Social Science Record, 1988
Presents background information and teaching suggestions for a unit on tobacco reform in United States history. Asks students to compare anti-tobacco sentiment of 1920s with that of today. Unit revolves around a anti-cigarette letter, included, written to President Hoover in 1929. (LS)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Attitude Change, Civics, Class Activities