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Smith, Hilton – Hands On, 1989
Lists 193 class projects proposed by teachers participating in Foxfire courses and workshops, 1985-88. Cites grade level, project description, product, audience, teacher, and school. Organized by grade level and subject. (SV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Lewis, Becky – Hands On, 1988
Describes the production of a local history magazine by two advanced twelfth-grade English classes. Discusses difficulties encountered during the project, and offers practical suggestions for teachers considering such a project. (SV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Innovation, Experiential Learning, Grade 12
Adkins, Nell; Burke, Ruth – Hands On, 1990
Two seventh and eighth grade teachers, trained in the Foxfire approach, describe class projects related to their rural school's 50-year history--oral history interviews with former students and teachers and the local historian, writing a book of school reminiscences, and organizing a school reunion. (SV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Junior High Schools, Personal Narratives, Reunions
National Workshop for Cultural Journalism (St. Louis, Missouri, August 9-12, 1979). Workshop Report.
Reynolds, Sherrod T., Ed. – Hands On, 1980
This issue of "Hands On" compiles edited papers and workshop presentations from the national conference on cultural journalism and experiential learning projects in the Foxfire mode. The conference brought together 200 teachers, students, and professionals and offered technical workshops, presentation workshops about specific programs,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Local History, Relevance (Education)
Wilder, Jenny – Hands On, 1987
Describes a failed attempt to develop a local history project within a high school American history course. Outlines a new enrichment course in which students work with primary source materials to produce a local history publication. (SV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Educational Innovation, Enrichment Activities
Adkins, Karen – Hands On, 1990
A Catholic-school teacher of grades five and six reflects on her first year of teaching and describes how Foxfire training led her to introduce group decision making and planning into her classroom. Resulting class projects including a newspaper, a play, and a booklet of ghost stories are described. (SV)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Class Activities, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades
Cox, Maggie – Hands On, 1990
A fifth grade teacher in a rural Kentucky school discusses three years of classroom experiences applying the Foxfire approach, focuses on the democratic decision-making process and the importance of student self-esteem, describes student-project problems and successes, and lists student accomplishments. (SV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades, Participative Decision Making
Igo, Debbi; And Others – Hands On, 1988
Describes a high school project to compile a local history, including funding the project, developing interview questionnaires, taking interviews, and compiling the materials. Discusses results of the project for the students, teacher, high school, and county. (DHP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Experiential Learning, History Instruction, Learning Activities
Zimmerman, Connie – Hands On, 1988
Describes several experiential learning projects developed by gifted eighth grade students: drafting a "charter" for governing the classroom, creating a videotaped debate on current issues between generic Democratic and Republican candidates, producing a school newspaper, and researching the history of the school site. (SV)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Civics, Class Activities, Educational Innovation
Shelley, Jandira – Hands On, 1987
Describes a magazine project developed by students in seventh and eighth grade language arts classes. Discusses the formation of small work groups, group dynamics problems, peer tutoring, learning interview skills, and selling the magazine. (SV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Experiential Learning, Grade 7, Grade 8
Feiman, Lynn – Hands On, 1988
Describes a project in which fifth graders researched the history of their school, interviewed people associated with the school's history, and created a booklet of school memoirs. Discusses problems overcome in each phase of the project, and offers practical suggestions on class management and project supervision. (SV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Gertzman, Alice – Hands On, 1988
Describes the development by a university English-as-second-language (ESL) class of a magazine to aid international students adjusting to American life. Briefly discusses other experiential learning projects for ESL classes: cultural contacts with children, legislative simulations, bulletin boards, class directories, campus information brochures,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Students, Educational Innovation, English (Second Language)
Blair, Anna K. – Hands On, 1987
Describes a project in which eleventh grade Idaho students developed a magazine focused on local history and local Indian culture. Discusses interview procedures, photography, and layout. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Class Activities, Experiential Learning, Grade 11
