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ERIC Number: EJ588771
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
Teaching Controversial Topics: Iconography and the Confederate Battle Flag in the South.
Leib, Jonathan I.
Journal of Geography, v97 n4/5 p229-40 Jul-Oct 1998
Discusses strategies for teaching controversial topics through an examination of the cultural and political geographic concept of iconography using as an example the recent debates over flying the Confederate flag this decade in the American South. Conveys that there is not a conclusive model or solution to teaching controversial topics. (CMK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Maintenance, Current Events, Geography Instruction, Political Influences, Racial Factors, Values
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Iconography; United States (South)
Note: Part of the issue theme on the American South.