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ERIC Number: EJ543676
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Utilizing Primary Sources as Building Blocks for Literacy.
Massich, Mary; Munoz, Eric
Social Studies Review, v36 n1 p52-57 Fall 1996
Describes instructional strategies using primary sources in middle school history instruction. Maintains that students need to make critical, personal connections to material before they understand it. The strategies examined use visual aids, living history presentations, realia, music, and primary documents. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, History, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Literacy Education, Middle Schools, Primary Sources, Reading Skills, Resource Materials, Social Studies, Student Improvement, Student Motivation, Student Research, Teacher Student Relationship, Visual Aids, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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