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ERIC Number: EJ528546
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Freedom and Oppression: Opposing Ideas Lead to Integrated Knowledge.
Cholden, Harriett B.; Hunt, Barbara Giertz
Social Education, v60 n3 p139-140 Mar 1996
Outlines and describes a fifth-grade unit of study examining issues of freedom and oppression. Students began with a biography and a presentation on an individual who had experienced discrimination. They then interviewed local people who had experienced significant freedom or oppression. Culminating activities included writing one-act plays. (MJP)
Descriptors: Biographies, Civil Rights, Democratic Values, Elementary Education, Freedom, Grade 5, Human Dignity, Justice, Learning Activities, Oral History, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Self Determination, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Projects, Thematic Approach, Units of Study
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: King (Martin Luther Jr)