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Disrupting Dominant Narratives of Asian Americans in the United States Using Yang's "Front Desk"
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Khiantani, Nidhi; Buchanan, Lisa Brown – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2022
This article models the integration of social studies and language arts commonly used in elementary classrooms by using a text that incorporates straightforward social studies content in the context of the daily experiences of a Chinese family in the U.S. The authors illustrate how to use the award-winning novel, Front Desk by Kelly Yang, with…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Childrens Literature, Grade 4, Grade 5
Promoting Positive Attitudes toward Refugees: A Prejudice-Reduction, Classroom-Based Group Intervention for Preadolescents in Greece
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Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P.; Brouzos, Andreas; Kasapoglou, Eleni; Nikolopoulou, Ourania – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2020
The present study examined the effectiveness of a novel 6-session, prejudice-reduction group for Greek preadolescents. The sample consisted of 106 elementary school students aged 10-12 years, allocated to the intervention (n = 55) or control group (n = 51). Results indicated that, compared to the control group, participants in the intervention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preadolescents, Refugees, Social Bias