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ERIC Number: EJ401512
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Little House in the Census: Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Mueller, Jean West; Schamel, Wynell Burroughs
Social Education, v53 n7 p451-53 Nov-Dec 1989
Uses microfilm copies of the 1880 and 1900 census records which tallied information about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family to teach about using census data. Suggests activities that develop vocabulary skills, teach document analysis, utilize map skills, and require research and synthesis skills. (LS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Class Activities, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Map Skills, Migration, Migration Patterns, National Surveys, Primary Sources, Social History, Social Studies, Student Research, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Bicentennial; Bureau of the Census; Census 1990; Wilder (Laura Ingalls)