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ERIC Number: EJ586764
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Using Literary Themes to Develop Historical Perspective.
O'Brien, Joseph
Social Studies, v89 n6 p276-80 Nov-Dec 1998
Contains an instructional model for using literary excerpts to promote historical reasoning and perspective taking in secondary history courses. Includes a discussion on the value of literature for historical exploration, a description of the instructional model, and an example lesson using the model. Notes potential pitfalls to using this method. (DSK)
Descriptors: Fiction, History Instruction, Perspective Taking
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Historical Fiction