Springboards to Geographic Inquiry: State Seals and National Coats of Arms.

Masisi, Mokgweetsi Eric; Allen, Rodney F.

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ERIC Number: EJ440273

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Springboards to Geographic Inquiry: State Seals and National Coats of Arms.

Masisi, Mokgweetsi Eric; Allen, Rodney F.

Social Education, v55 n5 p329-30 Sep 1991

Suggests using state and national seals as beginning points for middle school geography study. Notes that the emblems can serve as points of entry into the study of place. Highlights variation among in the amount of geographical information each emblem contains. Concludes that the use of emblems is a low-cost, high-interest teaching strategy. (SG)

Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Political Divisions (Geographic), Social Studies, State Government, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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