Using storybooks to acquaint children with the continent of Africa

Authors

Mary J. Lickteig, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Kathy Everts Danielson, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1995

Journal Title

The Social Studies

Volume

86

Issue

6

First Page

248

Last Page

252

Abstract

I learned so much about Africa. I learned countries, cities, villages, mountains, deserts, rivers, languages. Have you ever been to Africa? I wish I could go.

This comment, by a third-grade student, was typical of the responses from students who participated in a project designed to help children learn about Africa by offering them books with African settings. In this article, we share the methods we used to acquaint students with the continent of Africa. We have also included students' responses to a questionnaire, information gathered by an observer, and quotes from students' letters.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social Studies in November/December 1995, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00377996.1995.9958404.

Recommended Citation

Lickteig, Mary J. and Danielson, Kathy Everts, "Using storybooks to acquaint children with the continent of Africa" (1995). Teacher Education Faculty Publications. 78.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/tedfacpub/78