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ERIC Number: EJ443693
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Global Interdependence: Learning from Personal Effects.
Norris, Darrell A.
Social Education, v55 n6 p371-73 Oct 1991
Describes a learning exercise to combine the goal of global understanding and appreciation with global knowledge. Suggests that students (1) take a systematic inventory of their personal possessions, (2) record the origin of each on a world map, and (3) analyze and discuss their findings. Reports results of student surveys listing origins and percentages of imports. (DK)
Descriptors: Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction, Global Approach, Higher Education, Imports, International Cooperation, International Trade, Learning Activities, Maps, Secondary Education, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, World Views
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Interdependence