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ERIC Number: EJ471692
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Investigating Ghost Towns: Activities for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students.
Van Cleaf, David W.; Sesow, F. William
Social Studies, v84 n1 p37-41 Jan-Feb 1993
Describes an instructional activity in which fifth graders identified geographic and economic factors that caused a town to become a ghost town. Discusses instructional procedures and materials used in the activity. Includes extension activities, maps, and suggestions for adapting the activity to other geographic regions. (CFR)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning, Economics Education, Geography Instruction, Grade 5, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Local History, Middle Schools, Oral History, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Geographic Educ National Implementation Project; Ghost Towns