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Kendrick, Frank J. – Community College Social Science Journal, 1980
Describes an approach to teaching urban studies, in which students are required to complete an environmental impact study. Examines the social, economic, and environmental issues that this approach uncovers, and reports the outcomes of its application in an urban studies class at the University of Akron. (JP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textStranix, Edward L.; Fleishman, Michael
Forty-one activities are suggested for middle or junior high school students to perform while visiting a city street. The activities make use of skills in mathematics, language arts, social studies, and environmental studies. A pencil and a copy of this workbook are essential; other materials required by some of the activities are a tape measure,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Field Trips, Human Geography
