100 experiential learning activities for social studies, literature, and the arts, grades 5-12. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: One hundred experiential learning activities for social studies, literature, and the arts, grades 5-12
• Further Information: Note: Eugene F. Provenzo Jr., Dan W. Butin, Anthony Angelini.
• Other Names: Provenzo, Eugene F; Butin, Dan W (Dan Wernaa); (Teacher), Angelini, Anthony
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Matrices; NCSS; McRel; 1. Creating a Language; 2. Point-of-View Pictures; 3. Rosie the Riveter; 4. Columbus and the Discovery of the New World; 5. How Is History Portrayed? Columbus and the Discovery of the New World; 6. Spanglish; 7. Slave Narratives; 8. The Paradox of Theseus's Ship; 9. Creating an Personal Historical Timeline; 10. Poems Inspired by Art; 11. Art Inspired by Poetry; 12. The Paradox of Infinity; 13. Point of View and Cultural Perspectives; 14. Final Flight of Yamamoto: Should We Have Struck Back?; 15. Double Consciousness: Examining Oneself and the Concept of Privilege; 16. The Fable of the Blind Men and the Elephant; 17. Creating a System of Writing; 18. Magic and Technology; 19. The Birthday Paradox; 20. Mobius Strip and Different Perspectives; 21. Thinking Out of the Paradigm: The Columbus Egg Problem; 22. Arthur C. Clarke's First Law; 23. Is Technology Neutral?; 24. Writing a Letter to the Editor; 25. Science Fiction and Literature as the Future; 26. Creating a Political Broadside; 27. Exploring the Great Depression; 28. Family Photographs; 29. Women's Rights; 30. Today in History; 31. Photographs of the Farm Security Administration; 32. Primary and Secondary Sources; 33. Thinking Outside the Box; 34. Riddles; 35. Exploring Community Festivals; 36. Rebuses and Concrete Writing; 37. Mnemonics; 38. Designing a Memorial; 39. Stepping Into a Painting; 40. Japanese Internment During World War II; 41. ASCII Code; 42. Protest Songs; 43. Inaugural Presidential Address; 44. Portals to the World; 45. Stories From Childhood; 46. Round-Robin Stories; 47. Writing Grab Bag; 48. Using Census Data; 49. Explore a Favorite Artist; 50. What Makes a Good Life?; 51. Creating an Ethical Will; 52. Written in Stone; 53. Photographic Timeline; 54. 1900; 55. Ninety-Five Theories; 56. Analyzing the New England Primer (1692); 57. Slavery in the Constitution?; 58. How Crowded Was the Middle Passage?; 59. The List of Creepy Coincidences; 60. Sacrifices; 61. The Classroom Missile Crisis; 62. Listening to Sources?; 63. Personal Timelines: A Puzzle?; 64. Movies as a Window Into History; 65. Writing Their Own Script; 66. Write Obituaries; 67. Take a Trip to Mars; 68. CIA Fact Book; 69. Talking to an Expert; 70. Famous Last Words; 71. Columbus and Culture; 72. Collage; 73. Making Models; 74. The World Without Human Life; 75. Creating the Scene for a Story; 76. How Long Is a Thousand Years?; 77. Creating a Dadaist Poem; 78. War Stories; 79. Editorial Cartoons as Social Commentary; 80. True or False; 81. Creating Codes; 82. What Is the Law?; 83. When Is the Law the Law?; 84. Symbols in Our Culture; 85. Symbols on Our Money; 86. What's on the Stamp?; 87. Place Names; 88. Art Museums of the World; 89. America's Attic; 90. Written in Stone; 91. Photographic Community Timeline; 92. The Sounds of Silence; 93. What's in a Name?; 94. More What's in a Name?; 95. Crazy Inventions; 96. Idioms; 97. Famous Inventions and Their Impact on the World; 98. What Is in Good Taste?; 99. Creating a Self-Portrait; 100. Found Art; References;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Subjects: 371.39; Experiential learning; Active learning; Middle school education -- Activity programs; Education, Secondary -- Activity programs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452293981; 1452293988
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.