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ERIC Number: EJ540247
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Glidden's Patent Application for Barbed Wire.
Ray, Emily; Schamel, Wynell
Social Education, v61 n1 p53-56 Jan 1997
Describes a series of teaching activities to be used in conjunction with a reproduction of Joseph Glidden's patent for barbed wire fencing. These include document analysis, creative interpretation, and personal experience. Presents a brief history of the social and economic effects of the introduction of barbed wire to the West. (MJP)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economic Impact, Land Settlement, Learning Activities, Material Culture, Modernization, North American History, Primary Sources, Science and Society, Secondary Education, Social Change, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Glidden (Joseph)