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ERIC Number: EJ414080
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Feature Films and the Teaching of World History.
Cortes, Carlos F; Thompson, Tom
Social Studies Review, v29 n2 p46-53 Win 1990
Argues that entertainment media, especially feature films, have a powerful impact in shaping knowledge and beliefs about the world. Presents four ways that teachers can use feature films to enhance the teaching of world history and to counteract misconceptions that students acquire through the mass media. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Films, History Instruction, Learning Strategies, Mass Media, Mass Media Effects, Misconceptions, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: California History Social Science Framework 1988