Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ530098
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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Diversity and Trade Books: Promoting Conceptual Learning in Social Studies.
Kim, Cathy Y.; Garcia, Jesus
Social Education, v60 n4 p208-11 Apr-May 1996
Argues that literature-based social studies provide personal perspectives for examining essential social studies concepts and generalizations. Includes lesson sequences utilizing trade books to teach about poverty, hope, and involuntary relocation for primary, middle, and secondary school students. Briefly describes the books mentioned and includes extension activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Cultural Pluralism, Current Events, Elementary Secondary Education, Empathy, Homeless People, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Literature, Multicultural Education, Poverty, Reading Materials, Selection, Social Problems, Social Responsibility, Social Studies
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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