Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ548175
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
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The Hopewell Project: Creating a Community of Learners. Civil War Spotlight.
Prator, Chris; Sampson, Martha
Social Studies Review, v36 n2 p58-67 Spr-Sum 1997
Reports on a middle school project that created a living history environment focused on the Civil War. For three months the students "became" students at the Hopewell Conservatory in Virginia during the 1860s. They corresponded with Civil War soldiers and immersed themselves in the culture of the period. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Civil War (United States), Creative Teaching, Educational History, Experiential Learning, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Role Playing, Simulation, Social History, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Projects, Student Research, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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