Developing Empathy and Perspective through Global Literature and Persona Dolls

Global literature can be used to introduce students to global cultures, religions, and ideas as the main vehicle for developing empathy. Persona dolls created to represent a particular character from one of these texts allow students to connect to the story on a deeper level and critically engage wi...

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Main Author: Jennifer Carey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures 2014-01-01
Series:WOW Stories
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Online Access:https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/iv8/3/
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empathy
teaching
title Developing Empathy and Perspective through Global Literature and Persona Dolls
title_full Developing Empathy and Perspective through Global Literature and Persona Dolls
title_fullStr Developing Empathy and Perspective through Global Literature and Persona Dolls
title_full_unstemmed Developing Empathy and Perspective through Global Literature and Persona Dolls
title_short Developing Empathy and Perspective through Global Literature and Persona Dolls
title_sort developing empathy and perspective through global literature and persona dolls
topic global children's literature
empathy
teaching
url https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/iv8/3/
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