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ERIC Number: EJ605755
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Use Narrative to Teach Middle School Students about Reconstruction.
Olwell, Russell
Social Studies, v90 n5 p205-208 Sep-Oct 1999
Describes a middle school unit that uses short projects to encourage the students to think about slavery and the Reconstruction Era in terms of narrative; as part of the take-home examination, the students write a narrative of the Civil War and Reconstruction in which they invent characters and a plot. (CMK)
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Reconstruction Era, Relevance (Education), Social Studies, Student Evaluation, Student Projects, United States History, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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