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ERIC Number: EJ600329
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
The Organic Social Studies Curriculum and the 1994 NCSS Standards: A Model for Linking the Community and the World.
Blanchard, Rosemary Ann; Senesh, Lawrence; Patterson-Black, Sheryll
Social Studies, v90 n2 p63-67 Mar-Apr 1999
Explains that an organic curriculum embraces a social studies curriculum that is supported by multidisciplinary social science methods and is grounded in the students' real-world experiences. Maintains that this organic social studies methodology is a means for implementing the thematic strands of the National Council for the Social Studies Standards. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, Community Involvement, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Relevance (Education), Social Studies, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Development, Student Experience, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Council for the Social Studies