Organized Camping's Honorable Tradition.

Miranda, Wilma

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ERIC Number: EJ418894

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Publication Date: 1990

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Organized Camping's Honorable Tradition.

Miranda, Wilma

Camping Magazine, v63 n2 p16-20 Nov-Dec 1990

Profiles three twentieth-century outdoor camping leaders. Describes early camping programs as "experimental intentional communities" teaching personal and social empowerment. Portia Mansfield's Wyonegonic Camps emphasized cooperation and artistic freedom. Joshua Lieberman's Pioneer Youth Camp taught workers' children social progressivism. Laura Garrett's camp focused on romance and sex education. (TES)

Descriptors: Art Expression, Camping, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs, Intellectual Freedom, Outdoor Education, Resident Camp Programs, Sex Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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