Local History Comes Alive with Postcards.

Bucher, Katherine T.; Fravel, Mark, Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ427742

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Publication Date: 1991

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Local History Comes Alive with Postcards.

Bucher, Katherine T.; Fravel, Mark, Jr.

Social Studies and the Young Learner, v3 n3 p18-20 Jan-Feb 1991

Offers ways to use postcards as a tool to teach local history. Outlines steps for class projects involving field trips and student research. Incorporates innovative methods to teach a community's visual history in which students utilize a wide spectrum of community resources. Provides tips on how to obtain old postcards. (NL)

Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Education, Field Trips, History Instruction, Learning Activities, Local History, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Projects, Student Research, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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