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Direct linkField, Sherry L. – Social Studies, 2003
In this article, the author provides a rationale for the use of children's literature to study Mexico and to learn a framework by which to consider people around the world and the universals of culture, including principles for using books in the unit. An appendix contains a description of children's fiction and biography, nonfiction, reference…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Reading Material Selection, Cultural Influences
