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Download full textManifold, Marjorie Cohee – 1997
Picture books are useful tools for teaching many abstract and complex concepts of the social studies at the elementary level. They allow students to develop visual literacy through sustained viewing time necessary for exploration, critique, and reflection on the images portrayed. Numerous examples of picture books are presented to support such…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHarrison, Margaret E. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1995
Profiles an undergraduate college class that critically examines newspaper, map, and poster representations of the developing nations. Beginning exercises reveal how a person's gender, race, and background influence his or her construction and interpretation of cultural images. Includes a 29-item bibliography concerning deconstruction of images…
Descriptors: Bias, Consciousness Raising, Content Analysis, Critical Thinking
