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ERIC Number: EJ427719
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Teaching and Learning about Genocide: Questions of Content, Rationale, and Methodology.
Parsons, William S.; Totten, Samuel
Social Education, v55 n2 p84-90 Feb 1991
Points out there has been an increase in curricular materials for the study of genocide. Maintains that teachers need a rationale for teaching about genocide to help them select appropriate content. Provides examples of rationales from leading educators and delineates three teaching models. Includes curricular resources and an eight-item bibliography. (SLM)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Course Content, Democratic Values, Ethics, Genocide, Global Approach, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, International Crimes, Nazism, Secondary Education, Social History, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Values Education, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: The revised edition of Social Education (v55 n2 Feb 1991) was annotated.