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ERIC Number: EJ443711
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-4675
Living Letters.
Harthcock, Donna
Social Studies Texan, v7 n3 p56-57 Fall 1991
Presents a class project in which students were divided into groups, each of which produced a letter as though written by a resident of prerevolutionary Texas. Provides suggested characters, review exercises, suggestions, and evaluation advice. Discusses the project's benefits as a Texas state history review and language arts lesson. (DK)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Characterization, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Group Activities, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts, Letters (Correspondence), Perspective Taking, State History, Student Evaluation, United States History, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Texas