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ERIC Number: EJ476706
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Educating Special Citizens.
Fentress, Debbie
Social Studies, v84 n5 p218-23 Sep-Oct 1993
Describes programs and activities of the Close Up Foundation for special needs students. Explains how the experiential citizenship education activities are adapted for hearing impaired, visually impaired, recent immigrant, Native American, Alaskan Native, Puerto Rican, and Pacific Island nation students. Includes two classrom activities used in the program. (CFR)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Citizenship Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Multicultural Education, Public Affairs Education, Special Needs Students
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Close Up Program; Pacific Islanders; Puerto Rico