The Use of Simulation as a Teaching Strategy for Civic Understanding and Participation.

Menton, Linda K.

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ERIC Number: EJ490142

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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The Use of Simulation as a Teaching Strategy for Civic Understanding and Participation.

Menton, Linda K.

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, v19 n1 p3-18 Spr 1994

Asserts that simulations are considered a highly effective pedagogical tool because they involve students in problem-solving and inquiry-based activities. Presents a model simulation designed to prepare secondary or college students for civic discourse about reparations as an important public policy issue. (CFR)

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Colonialism, Educational Strategies, Hawaiians, Higher Education, History Instruction, Indigenous Populations, Perspective Taking, Role Playing, Secondary Education, Simulation, Teaching Methods, United States History

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hawaii

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