Investigating Ghost Towns: Activities for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students.

Van Cleaf, David W.; Sesow, F. William

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Publication Date: 1993

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Investigating Ghost Towns: Activities for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students.

Van Cleaf, David W.; Sesow, F. William

Social Studies, v84 n1 p37-41 Jan-Feb 1993

Describes an instructional activity in which fifth graders identified geographic and economic factors that caused a town to become a ghost town. Discusses instructional procedures and materials used in the activity. Includes extension activities, maps, and suggestions for adapting the activity to other geographic regions. (CFR)

Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning, Economics Education, Geography Instruction, Grade 5, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Local History, Middle Schools, Oral History, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, United States History

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

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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