Descriptor
Cartography | 1 |
Discussion | 1 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Field Trips | 1 |
Geography Instruction | 1 |
Map Skills | 1 |
Maps | 1 |
Observational Learning | 1 |
Regional Planning | 1 |
Student Experience | 1 |
Student Projects | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
Journal of Geography | 1 |
Author
Jobin, Raymond A. | 1 |
Publication Type
Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 1 |
Teachers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Jobin, Raymond A. – Journal of Geography, 1991
Presents a lesson plan that enables children to identify their community as a nodal region. Includes field trips, map tracing and comparison, discussion, and observation. Emphasizes children's analysis of the effect of rail transportation on their community. Suggests using the students' community as a geographic laboratory for hands-on experience.…
Descriptors: Cartography, Discussion, Elementary Education, Field Trips