"'I am Canada': Exploring Social Responsibility in Social Studies Using Young Adult Historical Fiction"

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  • Todd A. Horton

Abstract

This paper explores educating for democratic citizenship with a focus on the intersection between reading and values, specifically the nurturing of social responsibility. Using a pre-designed framework for teaching for social responsibility, excerpts from a young adult historical fiction series are used to consider learning possibilities in the social studies classroom.

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2014-01-01

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Vol. 47 No. 1 (2014): Canadian Social Studies 47(1), Winter 2014

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