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Download full textSmith, Gary R. – 1977
This volume is designed to supplement materials teachers have chosen to use in teaching Colorado and community history. The materials are not a complete history of Colorado or a complete textbook; instead, teachers are provided with 14 teaching activities for use in elementary and secondary social studies or history classes. The book is divided…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Metcalf, Fay D.; Downey, Matthew T. – 1977
Trends, tips, and resources for teaching local and family history are identified in this state-of-the-art paper. Using the local community as a historical resource can make American history more relevant and meaningful to students and aids in the development of a wide range of skills, including library use skills, writing skills, and skills used…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education, Family (Sociological Unit)
PDF pending restorationHoltgrieve, Donald G.; Mathiason, Carol – 1975
Elementary and secondary school teachers can use this annotated bibliography to obtain information for planning, conducting, and evaluating field trips. It contains 125 references to journal articles and reports, most of which were published during the period 1960-75. Each entry provides author's name, title, source, date, and a one- or…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Class Activities, Community Study
PDF pending restorationIndiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. – 1976
The handbook provides information, ideas, and strategies for developing and utilizing community resources in elementary and secondary school programs. The first section of the document describes six school-community programs in Indiana. Innovations developed in the programs which motivate students to learn about the real world include parental…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Bennett, Charles; Lenihan, J. Michael – 1977
The booklet describes the local history component of an interdisciplinary high school course on American Studies. The program involves students over a three-year period in collecting, recording, organizing, interpreting, and disseminating the history, culture, and tradition of Scituate, Rhode Island. The booklet is presented in six chapters.…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Data Analysis
Muth, John W.; Senesh, Lawrence – 1977
This guide is designed to aid social studies classroom teachers develop and implement programs using the community as a social sciences laboratory. The document describes how to prepare a social profile of the community. Based upon the Colorado System-Based Social Science Project which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Role, Community Study
