ERIC Number: EJ689574
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 5
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0885-985X
Louisiana Heritage Education Program and Heritage in the Classroom: Children's Attitudes toward Cultural Heritage
Curtis, Reagan; Seymour, Cathy
Journal of Social Studies Research, v28 n2 p20-24 Fall 2004
Heritage in the Classroom consisted of workshops designed to assist teachers in developing lesson plans that use Louisiana cultural resources as content to address curriculum standards. Teachers created lesson plans and activities that were piloted during the 2001-02 school year. The Cultural Heritage Attitude Survey measured students' attitudes toward cultural resources before and after these lessons. This measure was administered to 373 4th and 8th grade students at pretest: 226 who received the lessons and 147 controls. Two hundred and eighty were also available at posttest: 169 who received lessons and 111 controls. Those who received Heritage in the Classroom lessons maintained high positive attitudes towards cultural resources while controls did not.
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Cultural Background, Lesson Plans, Heritage Education
University of Northern Iowa, 1227 West 27th Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50614. Tel: 319-273-2311.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 4; Grade 8
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Louisiana

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