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Community-Based Learning Projects for the "Real World."

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Davis, Chris – Social Studies Review, 1996

Recommends a broad application of experiential learning and community service projects as a means of reinvigorating social studies and making them relevant. Describes a number of projects from service learning to local history that illustrate this approach. Discusses this approach in terms of benefits, real life application, and assessment. (MJP)

Descriptors: Community Services, Course Content, Cross Age Teaching, Cultural Awareness