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ERIC Number: EJ533010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Folktales in the Middle Grades.
Gilstrap, Robert L.; Evens, Doris
Childhood Education, v73 n1 p23-26 Fall 1996
Supports the return of folktales to school curriculum. Provides a list of suggested activities as well as a dozen popular national and international folktale books for use in the middle grades. Claims that folktales can be used to master content-rich material in the middle grades and allow students to explore relationships with their own culture and others as well. (MOK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design, Folk Culture, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Literature Appreciation, Multicultural Education, Reading Comprehension, Story Telling, Tales
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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