Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ528560
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Active Learning in American History Class.
Brill, Janice
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, v21 n1 p11-15 Spr 1996
Describes the activities of a high school class that discovered the joy of history through experiential learning. Students learned traditional military tactics for their unit on the French and Indian Wars, and tried to apply them to a nearby woods. Includes similar activities for other historic periods. (MJP)
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Class Activities, Colonial History (United States), Experiential Learning, History Instruction, Industrialization, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation, Learning Activities, North American History, Role Playing, Secondary Education, Simulation, Social Studies, Student Participation, Teaching Methods, War
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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