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ERIC Number: EJ600309
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Capturing the "Economics Imagination": A Treasury of Children's Books To Meet Content Standards.
Kehler, Abbejean
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v11 n2 p26-29 Nov-Dec 1998
Recommends using children's books to teach the "Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics" because these books impart a sense of the pervasiveness of economic decision making and allow children to empathize with a character's economic experience. Provides story suggestions for 16 of the 20 content standards for grades K-4. (CMK)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics Education, Elementary Education, Empathy, Social Studies, Student Interests, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Trade Books; Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics