Garbage Games--A Unique Way to Enliven a Social Studies Class.

Brown, David W.

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ERIC Number: EJ540256

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Publication Date: 1996

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Garbage Games--A Unique Way to Enliven a Social Studies Class.

Brown, David W.

Social Studies, v87 n5 p224-27 Sep-Oct 1996

Argues that with a little creativity and some scrounged materials, social studies teachers can construct interesting games and activities. Provides examples of games and a lesson plan teaching responsibility through a group construction. Profiles an instructional materials center that collects and distributes donated materials. (MJP)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Analysis, Creativity, Ecology, Educational Games, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Material Culture, Methods Courses, Social Studies, Solid Wastes, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Undergraduate Study

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

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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