Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ574426
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Developing a Mental Timeline.
Nesbitt, Donna
OCSS Review, v34 n1 p57-59 Sum 1998
Argues that mental timelines for learning history are analogous to mental mapping for learning geography: both visually represent abstract concepts. Describes the construction of a classroom timeline and activities for fifth- and sixth-grade students that incorporate the use of timelines. Notes reasonable expectations for student progress at this level. (DSK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 5, Grade 6, History, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Social Studies, Visualization
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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