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Jackie Baldwin jackie@story-lovers.com
Kate Dudding kate@katedudding.com
Breathe Life into History through Story in the Elementary Classroom by Judy Pierce and Kay Terry
Originally published in Southern Social Studies Journal, v25 n2 p77-90 Spr 2000
Keywords: elementary education, social studies, myths, personal storytelling, critical thinking, teacher education
ABSTRACT
Contends that teachers must help students overcome their dislike of history by utilizing strategies that focus on children's interest in stories as a means for encouraging their students to connect with history. Discusses dramatization, children's literature, and storytelling, and provides a bibliography of children's literature.