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Peer reviewedBigelow, Bill – Language Arts, 1989
Presents a series of lessons for a U.S. history class on Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of America. Notes that this approach teaches students to evaluate critically the historical information presented in their textbooks. (MM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Rice, Diana C.; Snipes, Christy – 1997
The purpose of this research study was to explore the effects of children's trade books on the development of science concepts. The two objectives of this exploratory study were to determine whether children's ideas about specific science concepts change when trade books containing information about those concepts are read to them, and…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
Download full textFitzhugh, William P. – 1992
Literature based reading can be used as a means of introducing and reinforcing geographic concepts. Every story has a setting. The setting is the time and place. Setting is representative of the five fundamental themes of geography. Teachers can integrate geographic skills in order to enhance the student understanding of the text. Geographic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction
