Using Artifacts to Understand the Life of a Soldier in World War II

Autor/in	Anson, Staci
Titel	Using Artifacts to Understand the Life of a Soldier in World War II
Quelle	In: Social Education, 73 (2009) 4, S.165-167 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Military Personnel; War; United States History; Class Activities; Instructional Design; Cultural Background; Heritage Education; Historical Interpretation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krieg; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Historische Interpretation
Abstract	For years, when the author taught about World War II, she used primary and secondary source readings, she presented Power Points, and had her students watch newsreels and other video clips. Today, her students interact with actual artifacts from history so that they can draw conclusions and gain understanding about what the soldiers' lives were like during the war. The author contends that teaching with artifacts encourages students to become more involved. Being able to see and even touch the different items fascinates students much more so than a picture in a textbook, and makes them hungry to know more about the men who once owned the items. In this article, the author describes a classroom activity involving the use of these artifacts to investigate a soldier's identity. (Contains 3 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10