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ERIC Number: EJ642024
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
"Dreams that You Dare To Dream": Hopes and Ironies of the New York World's Fair. 1939-1940.
Fogel, Jared A.; Stevens, Robert L.
Social Education, v64 n4 p198-205 May-Jun 2000
Discusses the New York World's Fair that opened on April 30, 1939 and focuses on such issues as the role of technology at the Fair, the different exhibits that were included, and effects of the real events of 1939-1940. Includes teaching activities and a list of teaching resources (print and Web sites). (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Futures (of Society), Social Change, Social Influences, Social Studies, Suburbs, Technology, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New York (New York); Worlds Fairs