Growing Up in America.

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Title: Growing Up in America.
Language: English
Authors: Graff, Harvey J.
Source: OAH Magazine of History. Sum 2001 15(4):55-59.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 2001
Document Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Children, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Secondary Education, Social History, Social Studies, United States History
ISSN: 0882-228X
Abstract: Presents a lesson that centers around the 1847 article "Little Men and Women." Helps students confront myths about the absence of childhood in the past and provides a context about notions related to growing up. Discusses four areas of understanding needed when teaching the history of childhood. (CMK)
Journal Code: CIJMAY2002
Entry Date: 2002
Accession Number: EJ638222
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Presents a lesson that centers around the 1847 article "Little Men and Women." Helps students confront myths about the absence of childhood in the past and provides a context about notions related to growing up. Discusses four areas of understanding needed when teaching the history of childhood. (CMK)
ISSN:0882-228X