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Prompting Students to Contemplate Effective Communication with a Visible Speech Chart from the 1870s
Direct linkPotter, Lee Ann – Social Education, 2014
In this article, director of Educational Outreach at the Library of Congress Lee Ann Potter describes a classroom activity that focuses on an 1876 single-page circular published in Salem, Massachusetts about Alexander Melville Bell's Visible Speech. A. M. Bell's son, Alexander Graham Bell described "Visible Speech" as "a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Visual Literacy
Wilkins, Karen H.; Sheffield, Caroline C.; Ford, Martha B.; Cruz, Barbara C. – Social Education, 2008
This article describes four picture books ("Mississippi Morning" written by Ruth Vander Zee, "Dad, Jackie, and Me" written by Myron Uhlberg, "Freedom on the Menu" written by Carole Boston Weatherford, and "A Sweet Smell of Roses" written by Angela Johnson) that provide a concise (yet nuanced) chronicle of the civil rights movement--from the Jim…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Picture Books, Learning Disabilities, Visual Literacy
Woyshner, Christine – Social Education, 2006
More than two decades ago, a well-known study pointed out that despite the marked increase in images of women in secondary history textbooks, the narrative emphasis on political, diplomatic, and military history had not changed. While this study raised awareness of gender balance in the social studies curriculum, little attention has been paid to…
Descriptors: Females, Social Studies, United States History, Consciousness Raising
Peer reviewedFerguson, Roy; Shorr, Jon – Social Education, 1976
Specific learning activities to increase the visual literacy of elementary students by involving them in the production of their own materials are described. (DE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Media, Elementary Education, Film Study
Peer reviewedOpdahl, Viola Woodruff – Social Education, 1976
The author describes a secondary level course in which students make their own audiovisual productions to illustrate social studies issues. (DE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Educational Media, Film Production
