... trade books Historical representation Women's history As the 19th Amendment's 100-year anniversary arrives, we examined how one common curricular resource contextualizes women in history curricula. This is not an inquiry into historical quibbles about American Feminists. Instead, we explore how...

... Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Historical representation Young adult literature Sally Hemings Thomas Jefferson Slavery Children’s trade books Distinct patterns in intended audience shifted on or around the turn of the twenty-first century. Most...

... trade books More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other American—nearly fourteen thousand in all—and at least half of those books begin by saying that more books have been written about Lincoln than any other American (Andrew Ferguson, 2007). Abraham Lincoln is iconic...

... conspicuous weaknesses and shortcomings. John H. Bickford is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: jbickford@eiu.edu © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Children’s trade books Franklin Roosevelt Historical representation...

... to position students to identify the varying degrees of historical representation within different trade books and integrate supplementary primary sources to balance the historical gaps. Emerald Publishing Limited 2016 Children’s trade books young adult literature Eleanor Roosevelt historical...

... Illinois University. She will begin her teaching career in 2017. Volume 11 Number 1 72 Spring 2016 children’s trade books Anne Sullivan Macy Helen Keller historical thinking content area literacy informational texts ...

... Sudan. Age-appropriate children’s trade books are coupled with diverse informational texts—oral histories, current event news articles, and artwork—to extend the trade books’ narratives into the realm of current events. We suggest content area literacy strategies, share anecdotes from their application...

... of historical misrepresentation, child labor trade books appear far more historically representative than those centered on slavery. Emerald Publishing Limited 2015 Children’s trade books historical misrepresentation historical thinking elementary social studies primary source material Social...