Posters as Historical Documents: A Resource for the Teaching of Twentieth-Century History.

Allen, Rodney F.

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ERIC Number: EJ482440

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Publication Date: 1994

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Posters as Historical Documents: A Resource for the Teaching of Twentieth-Century History.

Allen, Rodney F.

Social Studies, v85 n2 p52-61 Mar-Apr 1994

Contends that posters can be a powerful teaching tool in history courses. Discusses the definition, history, and development of posters. Provides approaches to using posters in the classroom, criteria for assessing effective and ineffective posters, and reprints of five exemplar posters. (CFR)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Resource Materials, Stereotypes, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, United States History, Visual Aids, World War I

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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