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ERIC Number: EJ600305
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Enriching Economics through Global Education and Service Learning: 5th Graders Rally around the Rainforest.
Hamot, Gregory E.; Johnson, Marlene
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v11 n2 p18-21 Nov-Dec 1998
Discusses the service projects at Hoover Elementary School in Iowa City, Iowa that link economic education, service learning, and global education. Describes one project where the students involved the community in sending educational materials and financial aid to a school in Brazil. (CMK)
Descriptors: Community Role, Decision Making, Economics Education, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Rainforests, Relevance (Education), Service Learning, Social Studies, Student Projects, Student Research, Student Role, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brazil; Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics