Finding Relevance in Your Own Backyard [microform] : A Course in Local History. Profile of Promise 10 / Francis Pratt and Frances Haley
- Bib ID:
- 5248720
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Pratt, Francis
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED083120
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973
- 4 p.
- Summary:
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A local history course offered as a semester elective to seniors has as its purpose the study of the local community as a microcosm of the United States. The basic principle is to reinforce what the student has already learned in previous history courses. The course proceeds through a chronological sequence of units about various periods of the town's development. Each unit contains a core of information and activities shared by the whole class, but also requires creative and independent work by each individual. While many traditional social studies techniques are employed, this course differs in the use of primary sources and community resources. Extensive onsite observations and investigations give students an opportunity to form and text hypotheses from raw data. While no formal evaluation has been made on the results of the program in terms of its cognitive objectives, students have indicated the success of their experience in informal written evaluations. (Relevant ERIC documents and other resources on the program conclude the profile.) (Author/KSM)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Social Science Education Consortium, 855 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80302 ($10.00, 1 copy of 30 issues; $20.00, 5 copies of 30 issues).
- Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- Educational level discussed: Grade 12.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Community Characteristics
- Community Study
- Educational Innovation
- Elective Courses
- Field Experience Programs
- Grade 12
- History Instruction
- Hypothesis Testing
- Independent Study
- Local History
- Local Issues
- School Community Relationship
- Social Studies
- United States History
- Massachusetts (North Easton) Profiles of Promise
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1973
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