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ERIC Number: EJ348230
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Making Meaning with a Metaphor.
Allen, Michelle; Burlbaw, Lynn
Social Education, v51 n2 p142-43 Feb 1987
Maintains that metaphors may be used to help secondary students understand the figurative language often encountered in social studies. Shows how labels were attached to real dominos which were then tipped over to explain the "domino effect," a theory often referred to in foreign affairs. This experience was related to "event chains" which were capable of illustrating multiple causation. (JDH)
Descriptors: Inferences, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Logical Thinking, Metaphors, Secondary Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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