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

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

Todd A. Horton

2014

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Journal

Canadian Social Studies

Semantic Scholar

Key Takeaway

Key Takeaway: Young adult historical fiction can be used in social studies classrooms to foster social responsibility and democratic citizenship.

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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