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ERIC Number: EJ588779
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Beyond Momotaro: Using Fiction about Japan in the Elementary Classroom.
Bernson, Mary Hammond
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v10 n3 p24-26 Jan-Feb 1998
Believes that by incorporating fiction and folklore into a social studies unit on Japan, students will benefit from their new perspectives on the world. Notes different literary works that can be implemented. Provides a list of questions to assist social studies teachers with selecting children's literature for use in the classroom. (CMK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Childrens Literature, Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Fiction, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Japanese Culture, Reading Material Selection, Social Studies, Units of Study
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Japan
Note: Part of the issue theme entitled "Teaching and Learning about Japan."