1. WHAT DOCUMENTS HAVE EDUCATIONAL VALUE?
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Moffatt, Maurice P. and Rich, Stephen G.
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ARCHIVES ,TEACHING aids ,LIBRARY storage centers ,PAPER ,PICTURE dictionaries ,KNOWLEDGE management - Abstract
The article focuses on the use of documents as educational material to furnish both factual knowledge and understandings of situations and relationships. Anything that is an original record or a photograph thereof or even an accurate reprint thereof, must be classified as a document for the purpose of this study. Significant documents of many varieties provide pertinent knowledge for educational purposes. The term document cannot be restricted to paper with print or handwriting on it. Local libraries and local or county historical societies are the normal repositories of much of the paper documentary material. The values which may be obtained from documentary material are most when the wide range of material is brought together from most diverse sources. Pictorial documents are often strikingly useful. Maps are valuable as documents, especially those that depict past conditions. The study and effective use of the fundamental documents that have molded our destiny has a definite place in our educational programs.
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- 1951
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