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Magazine "The Social Studies"
Article: "Using Children's Literature to Promote Critical Georgaphic Awareness in Elementary Classrooms"

Children's literature has been found to be a powerful tool in both the presentation and understanding of seminal geographical consepts, paticularly for younger students. Using rich children's literature bridges the gap between geographically disparate worlds and provides younger learners with a more insightful understanding of other lives and other experiences.