Jamestown and Power Lines: Teaching Controversy in an Inter-Disciplinary Manner

Autor/inn/en	Butler, Brandon M.; Burgin, Stephen R.
Titel	Jamestown and Power Lines: Teaching Controversy in an Inter-Disciplinary Manner
Quelle	In: Social Education, 80 (2016) 1, S.46-51 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Controversial Issues (Course Content); Interdisciplinary Approach; United States History; History Instruction; Social Studies; Power Technology; Energy; Historic Sites; Construction (Process); Public Policy; Science Education; Utilities; Local Issues; Water; Natural Resources; Conservation (Environment); Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Gemeinschaftskunde; Antriebstechnik; Energie; Historische Stätte; Aufbau; Konstruktion; Öffentliche Ordnung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Hilfsmittel; Wasser; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt
Abstract	Jamestown is at the heart of any teaching and learning of colonial American history. Stories of John Smith and Pocahontas are learned by elementary and secondary students across the United States. In Virginia, Jamestown is first taught in third grade and revisited five more times from historical, political, economic, and geographic perspectives. However, the history of Jamestown is taught principally as a place, a series of events, and people from long ago with little consideration of its place in the world today. The reality is that Jamestown Island, the location of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, is today part of a thriving metropolitan area of approximately 1.7 million people. By examining a local policy issue such as plans to build power transmission lines across the James River in Virginia, students can investigate significant questions related to urban sprawl and the environment. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01