NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ305954
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
How To Teach Comprehensive Geography Skills: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
Gordon, Jeffrey J.
Social Studies, v75 n5 p186-92 Sep-Oct 1984
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," a contemporary hit song by Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot describing a shipwreck on Lake Superior in 1975, is used to illustrate how popular music can be used to teach geography to secondary students. Students analyze atlases, topographic maps, nautical charts, and weather maps. (RM)
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Map Skills, Music, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A