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ERIC Number: EJ588774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
A Tale of Two Roads.
Hinshaw, Craig
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v10 n3 p16-20 Jan-Feb 1998
Presents an interdisciplinary unit for fourth-grade students that compares the Tokaido Road in Japan to Interstate I-75 in Michigan; students learned about the history and geography of the Tokaido Road, examined the travel prints of Ando Hiroshige, and created their own travel prints and haikus. Gives three accompanying handouts. (CMK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art, Artists, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Grade 4, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Japanese Culture, Language Arts, Poetry, Social Studies
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Japan; Michigan
Note: Part of the issue theme entitled "Teaching and Learning about Japan."