Heightening Children's Social Awareness with Trade Books.

Moore, Katherine

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ERIC Number: EJ602495

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Publication Date: 1999

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Heightening Children's Social Awareness with Trade Books.

Moore, Katherine

Social Studies and the Young Learner, v11 n3 p17-19 Jan-Feb 1999

Recommends using children's literature as a means for introducing social problems and their possible solutions to elementary students. Offers different trade books on homelessness and the elderly along with descriptions of each book. Provides guidelines and teaching resources for creating a service project where students interact with their community. (CMK)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Citizenship, Community Needs, Empathy, Grade 5, Homeless People, Intermediate Grades, Older Adults, Picture Books, Service Learning, Social Problems, Social Studies, Student Participation

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Language: English

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