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Social Studies and the Young Learner
November/December 2006
Volume 19 Number 2

Culturally Conscientious Classrooms

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Editor’s Notes

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Essential Characteristics of a Culturally Conscientious Classroom
Omiunota Ukpokodu

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Children of Migrant Workers: Exploring the Issues
Lynne Bercaw, Susan Colby, Linda Pacifici, Sandra Oldendorf, Robin Groce, and Eric Groce

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What is Good Citizenship? The Story of Chiune Sugihara
James A. Bryant, Jr.

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Bringing Cultures into the Classroom: An Invitation to Families
Susan Pass, Jane White, Emma Owens, and Julia Weir

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Mayan Culture Today:
Using Multiple Resources to Learn about a Living Culture
Steve Barrett

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Listening to Children Think Critically about Christopher Columbus
Mary Beth Henning, Jennifer L. Snow-Gerono, Diane Reed, and Amy Warner

children’s literature
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From Theory to Practice: Teaching for Social Justice
Cynthia A. Tyson and Sung Choon Park

26
When War Plays Us: A Different Childhood
Raymond C. Jones

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The Changing Landscape:
Constructing the Concept of Urbanization
Beverly Milner Bisland

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