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ERIC Number: EJ445183
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Making Global Connections: Adopting a Third-World Country through the Writing Process.
Young, Douglas
Social Studies Review, v31 n1 p45-49 Fall 1991
Discusses the "Adopt a Country" project, in which high school social studies students each prepared a first person narrative about a developing nation. Reports that students examined conflicts in their chosen countries in a follow-up assignment. Argues that the project increased student understanding of the global village. (SG)
Descriptors: Conflict, Developing Nations, Evaluation Methods, Global Approach, Personal Narratives, Research Papers (Students), Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Evaluation, Student Writing Models
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Adopt a Country Project