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ERIC Number: EJ540722
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
Exploring Bias Using Multicultural Literature for Children.
Barta, Jim; Grindler, Martha Crouthers
Reading Teacher, v50 n3 p269-70 Nov 1996
Argues that children's multicultural literature can help explore negative bias--how it develops through ignorance and is disarmed by sharing accurate information concerning cultural variations. Presents a five-phase procedure for exploring bias using children's multicultural literature, and illustrates it by applying it to the book "Flossy and the Fox." (SR)
Descriptors: Bias, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation, Models, Multicultural Education, Reading Instruction
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Multicultural Materials