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ERIC Number: EJ277225
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Feb
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Central America by the Book: What Children Are Learning?
Anderson, Nancy; Beck, Rochelle
Social Education, v47 n2 p102-09 Feb 1983
A study was conducted to analyze how accurately and adequately United States children's books and school texts teach about Central America. Findings indicate that the majority of materials perpetrate ignorance and distortion about Central America. Book titles included in the study are listed. (AM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Textbook Bias, Textbook Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Central America