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ERIC Number: EJ480323
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Preserve the Rain Forests: Integrating the Social Studies and a Foreign Language into Thematic Instruction for Young Students.
Rosenbusch, Marcia H.
Social Studies, v85 n1 p31-35 Jan-Feb 1994
Maintains that the movement toward an integrated elementary school curriculum is growing. Describes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of an instructional unit about the Costa Rican rain forests that integrates foreign language and social studies content. Uses the four goal areas from a National Council for the Social Studies model. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Second Language Instruction, Skill Development, Social Studies, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Values Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Costa Rica; National Council for the Social Studies; Tropical Rain Forests