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Peer reviewedChapel, Linda – Social Studies Review, 1991
Discusses "Mascots and Meanings," a research activity that helps give students a concrete concept of some of the elements of a region or place. Provides a list of professional and college sports mascots. Identifies strategies that call upon students to identify the reasons for the choice of the particular mascots. (SG)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Athletics, Elementary Education, Geographic Concepts
