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ERIC Number: EJ605742
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
Why People in the Past Acted as They Did: An Exploratory Study in Historical Empathy.
Yeager, Elizabeth Anne; Foster, Stuart J.; Maley, Sean D.; Anderson, Thom; Morris, James W., III
International Journal of Social Education, v13 n1 p8-24 Spr-Sum 1998
Analyzes the development of historical empathy in students utilizing an exercise where students answer two questions concerning World War II after reading either a history textbook or primary and secondary sources. Concludes that the teaching of historical thinking can emphasize the necessary awareness for the development of historical empathy. (CMK)
Descriptors: Empathy, High School Students, Higher Education, Historical Interpretation, History Textbooks, Primary Sources, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, United States History, World Problems, World War II, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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