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Direct linkBisland, Beverly Milner – Social Studies, 2010
One way that people learn, remember and communicate is visually. We combine past experiences with new visual information to construct meaning. In this study, elementary teachers introduced their students to the peoples and places of the ancient silk routes using illustrations from two children's picture books, "Marco Polo," written by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Visual Learning, Elementary School Teachers
Considine, David M. – School Library Journal, 1986
Proposes ways for teachers to integrate visual literacy into the curriculum in order for young people to understand the visual culture they live in. Examples use children's books to explore stereotypes, reading images, artistic style, visual accuracy, and comparisons between books and the audiovisual products upon which they are based. (EM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textManifold, Marjorie Cohee – 1997
Picture books are useful tools for teaching many abstract and complex concepts of the social studies at the elementary level. They allow students to develop visual literacy through sustained viewing time necessary for exploration, critique, and reflection on the images portrayed. Numerous examples of picture books are presented to support such…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDyer, Michael P. – New England Journal of History, 1996
Observes a number of illustrations from a wide variety of whaling narratives and discusses the purposes and assumptions behind them. Considers the individual artists and their contributions. Francis Allyn Olmstead romanticized the profession while J. Ross Brown emphasized the sordid aspects of whaling life. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Artists, Autobiographies, Content Analysis
McCoubrey, Sharon, Ed. – BCATA Journal for Art Teachers, 1993
This serial issue examines the theme of picture books as resources for art production and art response; gives specific project descriptions; and looks at the relationship between words and pictures, and the creative connection between art and language. Articles are: (1) "Editor's View" (Sharon McCoubrey); (2) "The Creative…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Art Education, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic verbal and visual communication skills while studying woodworking. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior, Check Lists, Communication Skills
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic verbal and visual communication skills while studying metalworking. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Communication Skills
