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ERIC Number: EJ485674
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Making Every Picture Count: Ethnicity in Primary Grade Textbook Photographs. Elementary Education.
Denton, Karen L.; Muir, Sharon Pray
Social Education, v58 n3 p156-58 Mar 1994
Asserts that, since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, social studies textbooks have changed to reflect a multicultural perspective. Encourages primary-level teachers to supplement instruction with visual aids that represent ethnic groups in positive ways. (CFR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity, Illustrations, Multicultural Textbooks, Photographs, Sex Differences, Social Studies, Textbook Content, Textbook Preparation, Visual Aids
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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