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ERIC Number: EJ379333
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Valuable Social Learning from Halloween Fun.
Hoge, John Douglas
Social Education, v52 n6 p458-59,466 Oct 1988
Presents five activities for grades 3-6 which show how to harness the fun of Halloween to achieve social studies goals such as values clarification, critical thinking, personal decision making, and inquiry. States that Halloween's rich history, contemporary customs, ancient rituals, and myths provide a high-interest background of common experience that may be used to foster important social learning. (GEA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Inquiry, Instructional Innovation, Lesson Plans, Social Studies, Socialization, Teaching Methods, Values Clarification
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Halloween