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Peer reviewedAkenson, James E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1989
Examines shortcomings of the predominant elementary social studies curriculum approach, expanding environments. Analyzes a fourth-grade text to illustrate the ways that materials reinforce this approach. Suggests that freeing the curriculum from the developmental theory of expanding environments would foster a variety of organizational patterns…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAlleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1994
Reviews criticism of elementary social studies textbooks, focusing on how the written text, the pictures, and graphics often seem unrelated. Asserts that the inclusion and use of literature selections in K-3 social studies textbooks is a newly emerging strategy. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indians, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development
