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ERIC Number: EJ631618
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Cultural Watersheds: Diagramming One's Own Experience of Culture.
Hoelscher, Karen J.
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v12 n2 p12-14 Nov-Dec 1999
Describes a unit used in a social studies methods course. In-service teachers created murals in which a watershed (its landforms and the movement of water upon it) is used as a metaphor for one's cultural identity and life course. Explains that it can be adapted for elementary and secondary students. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Traits, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Social Studies
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Murals; Watersheds