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ERIC Number: EJ478511
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
History for Young Children.
Seefeldt, Carol
Theory and Research in Social Education, v21 n2 p143-55 Spr 1993
Asserts that history for primary-level children should be organized around key ideas that characterize the field of history. Maintains that such everyday concepts such as time, change, the continuity of human life, and the past can be taught to young children and can be used as a foundation for later historical thinking. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Folk Culture, History, History Instruction, Individual Development, Mythology, Primary Education, Social Studies, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: National Council for the Social Studies