Reading Social wMaps.w.

Clements, Millard

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ERIC Number: EJ271820

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Publication Date: 1982

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Reading Social wMaps.w

Clements, Millard

Social Education, v46 n7 p536-38 Nov-Dec 1982

What should social studies teachers be trying to teach students how to do? Every culture provides its members with social "maps" that explain how things are--e.g., school materials, advertisements. Teaching students how to read these social "maps" should be the central task for social studies education. (RM)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Political Socialization, Social Influences, Social Studies, Socialization, Educational Objectives

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