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ERIC Number: EJ419165
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Biography in Geographic Education and the Life of John Mullett.
Jacobson, Daniel
Michigan Social Studies Journal, v4 n1 p43-53 Fall 1989
Encourages geography teachers to use biographies to reveal a sense of place and life in a given geographical context. Highlights the life of John Mullett, a surveyor during the settlement of Michigan as a model for using biography in geography instruction appropriate for grades 6-12. Includes surveyor maps and sources of additional biographies. (CH)
Descriptors: Biographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Humanistic Education, Information Sources, Learning Activities, Maps, Physical Geography, Primary Sources, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Michigan; Nineteenth Century