Victims, Heroes, and Just Plain Folks (Teaching and Learning about Cultural Diversity).

Miller, Howard M., Ed.

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ERIC Number: EJ562453

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Publication Date: 1998

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Victims, Heroes, and Just Plain Folks (Teaching and Learning about Cultural Diversity).

Miller, Howard M., Ed.

Reading Teacher, v51 n7 p602-04 Apr 1998

Argues that multicultural education, if it is to be effective and meaningful, needs to be woven throughout the curriculum. Discusses 11 children's books that take into account the age and maturity level of students as they tell forthright stories of the victims, heroes, and just plain folks of the Holocaust, slavery, and the involuntary of assimilation of Native Americans. (SR)

Descriptors: American Indian History, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Multicultural Education, Reading Material Selection, Reading Materials, Slavery, Social Discrimination

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Language: English

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