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ERIC Number: EJ298729
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Letter Exchanges: Living through the Past in a Fictional Correspondence.
Schur, Joan Brodsky
Social Education, v48 n4 p278-79 Apr 1984
A US history activity which generated excitement and enhanced class discussion involved students in writing each other letters as imaginary correspondents living through the period under study. Follow-up activities included displaying letters on bulletin boards, reading correspondence aloud in class, a debate, and a class-written history play. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Creative Writing, Fiction, Learning Activities, Letters (Correspondence), Secondary Education, Student Developed Materials, Student Participation, United States History
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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