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ERIC Number: EJ607350
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0004-3125
Sod Blocks, Lodge Poles, and Cornerstones: On Teaching Cultural History and Structure through Puppetry Arts.
Wheeler, David
Art Education, v52 n3 p19-24 May 1999
Describes the use of puppet theater in an Alaskan elementary school focusing on the design and implementation of a play on the history of Alaska. Reports that the play's focus was on the change in architectural structures as a means to explore events that transformed Alaska. Provides recommendations for a similar project. (CMK)
Descriptors: Architecture, Art Education, Built Environment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Puppetry, Social Change, Social History, State History, Theater Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Alaska