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Download full textSteamboat Springs Public Schools, CO. – 1976
Senior citizens recall what it was like living in the West during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this Foxfire magazine, written and published by high school students. At the heart of the Foxfire idea is the conviction that students can learn about their community and humanity only outside the classroom. The magazine is an example of…
Descriptors: Community Study, Information Sources, Interviews, Journalism
Peer reviewedCarroll, Rives – Social Studies, 1985
Describes a year-and-a-half-long history project that involved elementary students in exploring their community's past. Students took field trips, interviewed community persons, taped oral histories, painted murals, and produced a dramatic musical based on their community's history. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Study, Course Descriptions, Elementary Education
Neuenschwander, John A. – 1976
The book presents information on the use of oral history as a classroom device. The first chapter discusses the evolution of oral history from a practice intended to preserve information on noted Americans to a way of preserving recollections of older Americans about the past. The second chapter explains why interviewing members of their own…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Background
Whitney, Helen, Comp. – 1975
Based on the environment and directed at elementary and intermediate level students, 5 field trips are a significant part of the 12 social studies activities in the sixth booklet by the Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center outlining environmental and outdoor education activities. Most of the activities include objectives, activity description,…
Descriptors: Activities, Community Study, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Guides
Wood, Pamela – 1975
This guide, which is based on the Foxfire project (see SO 009 021 for project description), is full of practical suggestions to help secondary school students put together a magazine using stories from their own communities. Contents include the following: choosing a name for the magazine; how to organize staff; story ideas to choose from; sample…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Community Study, Editing, Graphic Arts
Mollohan, Kathleen – 1978
The social studies unit involves students in learning about how their families and neighbors view their community. In addition, students identify community issues and problems, and explore their own attitudes about their community. It is designed for use in grade five through junior high school. There are four parts to the community study project.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Change, Community Study, Creative Activities
Murrow, Casey, Ed. – 1977
Outstanding community based work now going on in Vermont schools is described in this booklet which also suggests ways to develop similar work in other communities. The term "Community Studies" is used to encompass a broad range of activities carried out with the local community as the focus of and location for students' work. The…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Career Exploration, Community Study, Community Support
