Folklore: A Matter of the Heart and the Heart of the Matter.

Krogness, Mary Mercer

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ERIC Number: EJ363332

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Folklore: A Matter of the Heart and the Heart of the Matter.

Krogness, Mary Mercer

Language Arts, v64 n8 p808-18 Dec 1987

Discusses the success of a family folklore unit in a racially and ethnically diverse sixth-grade class (containing Black, White, Japanese-American, and Jewish students), provides suggestions for a folklore curriculum, and points out the significance of folklore. (SKC)

Descriptors: African Culture, Black Culture, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Folk Culture, Grade 6, Japanese American Culture, Jews, North American Culture, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Themed Issue: The Social Aspects of Language and Learning.