Teaching Migration in a Transatlantic Classroom: A Curriculum-based Internet Project.

Otto, Kerstin

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ERIC Number: EJ604170

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Publication Date: 1999

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Teaching Migration in a Transatlantic Classroom: A Curriculum-based Internet Project.

Otto, Kerstin

OAH Magazine of History, v14 n1 p28-30 Fall 1999

Describes the Transatlantic Classroom (TAC), a teacher-run e-mail program between students in the United States and Germany, and provides 10 steps for launching a similar program. Explains that e-mail exchanges enable students to learn firsthand about differences and similarities between countries thus fostering greater cultural understanding. Provides online resources. (CMK)

Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Educational Strategies, Electronic Mail, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Immigration, Internet, Migration, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Reaction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany

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