ERIC Number: ED426043
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 194
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A Kid Like Me across the Sea: A Look into the World of a German Child. Social Studies. Grades Kindergarten - Grade 3. Update 1997/1998.
Blankenship, Glen
This packet is a primary/elementary instructional package targeted at grades K-3 with interest level extending to adult. The lessons of each topic draw heavily on interpretation of photographs and address the topics of physical and cultural geography, basic needs, community services and community helpers, transportation and communication, political symbols and migration of people. The materials focus on a comparative U.S./German perspective. Titles include: (1) "Germany in the World"; (2) "The People of Germany"; (3) "Neighborhoods and Communities in Germany"; and (4) "Political and Cultural Symbols of Germany." Numerous activities accompany each lesson with handouts and transparencies for use. There are 48 transparencies in this packet correlated to the topic areas. ERIC copy of the document contains photocopies of the transparencies. (EH)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civics, Cultural Education, Culture, Elementary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Location, Geographic Regions, Geography, Geography Instruction, Grade 3, Grade 4, Human Geography, Instructional Materials, Maps, Multicultural Education, Physical Geography, Social Studies, World Geography, World History
National Council for the Social Studies, NCSS Publications, P.O. Box 2067, Waldorf, MD 20604-2067; Tel: 800-683-0812 (Toll Free) ($8).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Inter Nationes, Bonn (Germany).
Identifiers - Location: Germany
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