Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ540237
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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History Making and the Plains Indians. Teaching with Images.
Rothwell, Jennifer Truran
Social Education, v61 n1 p4-9 Jan 1997
Considers the use of cultural images and symbols of Native Americans to reflect, interpret, and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Seldom overtly racist, paintings and lithographs of the time often presented a benign and romantic vision of the West. Includes suggested teaching ideas. (MJP)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism, Historiography, History, History Instruction, Land Settlement, Mass Media Role, North American History, Popular Culture, Social History, Social Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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