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ERIC Number: EJ536753
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Past Meets Present: A Small Mexican Town as a Classroom.
Penyak, Lee M.; Duray-Casares, Pamela
Social Education, v60 n7 p402-06 Nov-Dec 1996
Highlights the value of field trips and oral history as a way of obtaining information and understanding about other cultures. Describes an oral history class project conducted by high school students at a bilingual multinational school in Mexico. Includes guidelines for such activities and excerpts from students' notes. (MJP)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact, Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, International Education, Latin American Culture, Local History, Oral History, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Projects
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Mexico