Post Card Social Studies.

O'Connell, Ray

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ERIC Number: EJ426353

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Post Card Social Studies.

O'Connell, Ray

Social Studies Review, v30 n1 p7-13 Fall 1990

Presents a lesson plan integrating fifth language arts and social studies. Students wrote letters to the editors of newspapers in the 50 states and received hundreds of postcards and letters that were displayed throughout the classroom. Includes photographs of the students and postcards. Suggests that the activity teaches history and geography effectively. (NL)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Geography Instruction, Grade 5, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts, Social Studies, State History, Teaching Methods, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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