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ERIC Number: EJ148909
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Social Studies Materials--"A Simulating Experience"
Place, Daniel R.
Social Studies Review, 16, 1, 78-80, F 76
Maintains that simulation games in social studies education are successful because they combine factual content, skills development, and experience in decision making. The five simulations described are Explorers I, River City, Boxcars, The Union Divides, and Starpower. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Role Playing, Simulation, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
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Audience: Practitioners
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