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ERIC Number: EJ658261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Traveling West in 1845: A First Grade Project.
McMillan, Elizabeth P.
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v13 n2 p28-31 Nov-Dec 2000
Describes a project for first-grade students at the Friends' Central School (Philadelphia, PA) founded by the Quakers in 1845, in which students learned about the experience of traveling westward during 1845. Explains that the project also focused on Quaker history; the school; and that the centerpiece of the project was a covered wagon. (CMK)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Grade 1, Interdisciplinary Approach, Simulation, Social Studies, United States History
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Frontier History; Quakers