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Google Tour Builder: Tracking the Impact of Civil War Veterans in a Kansas Community
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Scheuerell, Scott – Social Studies, 2021
The author describes how high school students can use Google Tour Builder to track the impact of local Civil War veterans by conducting research with primary and secondary sources. In the article, there is a description of an example from Larned, Kansas where more than one hundred Civil War veterans settled a community on the plains. Digitized…
Descriptors: Social Studies, History Instruction, War, Veterans
Fifth Graders Do "Real Work" on the Computer.
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Hunt, Nancy P.; Allen, Elizabeth G. – Social Studies, 1988
Describes how database software was used for fifth graders' research and investigation about the 50 states. Provides suggestions for using a database in the classroom. Includes follow-up activities and lists a variety of additional topics that may be explored. (GEA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Elementary Education
The Internet: A Curriculum Warehouse for Social Studies Teachers.
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Boldt, David J.; And Others – Social Studies, 1995
Provides an introduction to the Internet with special focus on access issues, electronic communication, and tools for making the Internet easier to use. Identifies selected Internet resources appropriate for social studies. Includes three lesson plan ideas and five tables listing Internet resources. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Databases