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ERIC Number: EJ600308
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Inquiry into a Trading Center: The Case of the Cahokia Empire. Pull-Out 2.
Shiveley, James M.
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v11 n2 pps3-4 Nov-Dec 1998
Presents a lesson that combines economics, geography, history, archaeology, and inquiry to investigate the creation of the Cahokia trading empire that existed around 1000 A.D. Employs Standards 5 and 6 of the "Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics" and Theme 7 of the National Council for the Social Studies Standards. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indians, Archaeology, Economic Factors, Economics Education, Elementary Education, Geography, History Instruction, Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Approach, Map Skills, Social Studies
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Social Studies Standards; Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics