Studying Social and Economic Concepts.

Hammer, Christy

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ERIC Number: EJ351569

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Studying Social and Economic Concepts.

Hammer, Christy

Social Education, v51 n4 p280-81 Apr-May 1987

Provides an interdisciplinary unit of study based on Hila Colman's 1978 novel, RACHEL'S LEGACY, a story about the economic and social trials of a Jewish immigrant mother and her three daughters. The unit helps junior high school students examine how traditional roles of men and women impose economic, social, and emotional limits on peoples' lives. (JDH)

Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Economics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Junior High Schools, Literature, Sex Role, Social Attitudes, Social Change, Social Studies, Units of Study

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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