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ERIC Number: EJ386895
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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An Experiential Act.
Yolen, Jane
Language Arts, v66 n3 p246-51 Mar 1989
Describes how time travel books can make history an experiential act for children. Asserts that such books, which start in the real world and thrust young readers back into the character of someone their own age in the past, shakes readers into a new awareness and dissolves their natural cynicism. (MM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Historical Fiction
Note: Themed Issue: Encountering and Creating Literary Discourse.