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ERIC Number: EJ612186
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
"The War that Never Ended": Special Education Students Write History.
Zigo, Diane
Social Education, v63 n5 pm6-8 Sep 1999
Believes that serious fun holds great promise for engaging special needs students in meaningful learning experiences in social studies. Describes how creative play with plastic action figures led to four students in a self-contained special education classroom collaborating on writing and illustrating their own book. (CMK)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Group Activities, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Pretend Play, Social Studies, Special Education, Student Improvement, Student Motivation, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Part of the supplement "Middle Level Learning" for this issue of Social Education.