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ERIC Number: EJ612177
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Lesson 1: Mountains Matter.
Byers, Alton; Gilligan, Nancy; Golston, Syd; Linville, Rex
Social Education, v63 n5 p285-86 Sep 1999
Provides a lesson that enables students to explain the global importance of mountains by applying the five themes of geography (location, place, relationships within places, movement, and regions) to a particular mountain range. Explains that students work in teams to prepare a brochure about their mountain range. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Regions, Geography Instruction, Group Activities, Social Studies, Student Projects, Student Research
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mountains
Note: Part of a special section entitled "Mountains: A Global Resource" in this issue of Social Education.