Teaching Difficult Knowledge of World War II in the Philippines with Children’s Literature and Inquiry

Teaching Difficult Knowledge of World War II in the Philippines with Children’s Literature and Inquiry

  1. Social Studies and the Young Learner
  2. Social Studies and the Young Learner September/October 2021
  3. Teaching Difficult Knowledge of World War II in the Philippines with Children’s Literature and Inquiry

Authors:

Sohyun An

Page:10

Journal Issue:

Issue
Social Studies and the Young Learner September/October 2021

In this article, the author describes three inquiry activities based on a children’s book set in the Philippines during World War II. In many U.S. history and modern world history curricula and textbooks, events in the Philippines (and more generally in the Pacific theater) during World War II are not covered well.