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Who's calling the shots? : how to respond effectively to children's fascination with war play and war toys

Title
Who's calling the shots? : how to respond effectively to children's fascination with war play and war toys / Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Diane E. Levin.
Author
Carlsson-Paige, Nancy.
Publication
Philadelphia, PA : New Society Publishers, ©1990.

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Additional Authors
Levin, Diane E.
Description
xv, 188 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, e, p, i, t.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Kriegspiel.
  • Kriegspielzeug.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. I: War plan in perspective -- The times they are a changin': War play today -- Before the three R's: Why dramatic play? -- Bang! Bang! You're dead! Why war play? -- From sticks and stones to lasers: Play with war toys -- Mama won't you buy me a GI Joe?: Consumerism and war play -- "Whatever happened to Annie Oakley?" Girls, sexism and war play -- Learning about war, learning about peace: The political lessons in war play -- Calling the shots: Public policy and war play -- pt. II: Practical ideas and resources for dramatic play -- Common objects to use as toys and props in war play -- Things to make -- "Wild things" not "War things": Using children's books to foster dramatic play -- Resources and organizations.
ISBN
  • 086571164X
  • 9780865711648
  • 0865711658
  • 9780865711655
LCCN
90142465
OCLC
  • ocm21093279
  • 21093279
  • SCSB-9520930
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library