Children's Understanding of Historical Time: Implications for Instruction.

Vukelich, Ron; Thornton, Stephen J.

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ERIC Number: EJ420444

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Publication Date: 1990

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Children's Understanding of Historical Time: Implications for Instruction.

Vukelich, Ron; Thornton, Stephen J.

Childhood Education, v67 n1 p22-25 Fall 1990

Offers educational practitioners information about terms that can be used in discussions of historical concepts with students. Discusses the development of children's understanding of historical time concepts at four age spans. Also discusses terms in social studies textbooks that teachers may need to translate for students. (BB)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, History, Language of Instruction, Public Education, Social Studies, Surveys, Teaching Guides, Textbook Preparation, Time Perspective

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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