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Download full textSelanik Ay, Tugba; Öncü, Zeynep – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2019
The aim of social studies course is to educate individuals as citizens with national and universal values, to provide them with skills which are required in life contributing to see themselves as part of the society they live in. In this process it can be used literary work and media products. One of the media products that can be employed in…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Instructional Materials, Values Education, Social Studies
Direct linkTerreni, Lisa Gabriella; Loveridge, Judith; Denee, Rachel; Zhou, Jing – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
In this article, we examine how teachers in two kindergartens, one in New Zealand and one in China, used the stimulus of a fictional story combining mythical creatures from Maori and Chinese culture to enhance young children's sense of place and cultural identity. Sociocultural understandings about the role of collaboration and cultural tools in…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Kindergarten, Cross Cultural Studies, Preschool Teachers
Cotton, Penni; Daly, Nicola – Children's Literature in Education, 2015
The potential for picture books in national collections to act as mirrors reflecting the reader's cultural identity, is widely accepted. This paper shows that the books in a New Zealand Picture Book Collection can also become windows into unfamiliar worlds for non-New Zealand readers, giving them the opportunity to learn more about a context in…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
Goodwyn, Larry – American Libraries, 1971
The first part of an essay on the contemporary literary heritage of the Southwest attempts to extract meaningful literary materials from the region's tangled historical heritage for writers. (AB)
Descriptors: American Culture, Cultural Background, Mythology, United States Literature
Johnston, Basil – Tawow, 1978
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, History, Legends
Trejo, Judy – Indian Historian, 1977
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Legends, Mythology
Enos, Johnson – Weewish Tree, 1974
A student of Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) wrote this story in 1910 describing a Pima legend concerned with the origin of the human race. (JC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Legends
Grinde, Donald A., Jr. – Weewish Tree, 1976
The Cherokee's version of how the earth was created is given. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Environmental Influences
Friday, Moses – Weewish Tree, 1976
The Arapaho's version of how the earth was created is given. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Environmental Influences
Fish, Charles – Weewish Tree, 1976
The article discusses the origin of the stone arrow heads. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Hand Tools
Peer reviewedBrown, Kent R. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1973
The ceremonial rituals American Indians have practiced for centuries are uncontestable testimony to how strongly they respond to theatre. These rituals, a pure and functional form of dramatic art, are practiced today by a Native American theater group. (FF)
Descriptors: Acting, American Indian Culture, Cultural Background, Mythology
Wulff, Roger L. – Indian Historian, 1977
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Games, History
Ramirez-Heil, Celia – Agenda, 1978
Quetzalcoatl was both man and god, myth and true history, and was worshipped through centuries in temples in the great sacred cities of Teotihuacan, Tollan, and Chichen Itza. The White god, ruler of the Toltec golden age, who sailed toward the east promising to return, remains a mystery. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: American History, Cultural Background, Folk Culture, Mexican American History
Peer reviewedBurmester, David – English Journal, 1982
Suggests that mass media advertisers are responsible for the creation of our modern mythologies. (JL)
Descriptors: Advertising, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
Quale, G. Robina – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1975
The author examines how Asian political leaders are attempting to develop a set of unified shared beliefs among their populace. The task of the historian in promoting this cultural heritage is examined. (DE)
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Cultural Background, Historiography
