Telling children about the past : an interdisciplinary perspective / edited by Nena Galanidou and Liv Helga Dommasnes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dommasnes, Liv Helga, editor.

Galanidou, Nena, editor.

Series:

International Monographs in Prehistory: Ethnoarchaeology Series ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Study and teaching.

Prehistoric peoples.

Archaeology and history--Study and teaching.

Archaeology and history.

Archaeology--Study and teaching.

Archaeology.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Study and teaching.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 324 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : International Monographs in Prehistory, 2007.

Summary:

This book brings together archeologists, historians, psychologists, and educators from different countries and academic traditions to address the many ways that we tell children about the (distant) past. Knowing the past is fundamentally important for human societies, as well as for individual development. The authors expose many unquestioned assumptions and preformed images in narratives of the past that are routinely presented to children. The contributors both examine the ways in which children come to grips with the past and critically assess the many ways in which contemporary societies and an increasing number of commercial agents construct and use the past.

Contents:

Introduction: Children and narratives of the past / Liv Helga Dommasnes and Nena Galanidou

Cognitive and neural developments that make it possible to experience the past as the present / Patricia J. Bauer

Autobiography, time, and history : children's construction of the past in family reminiscing / Robyn Fivush

Representing the past in pictures / Alan Costall and Ann Richards

Children's understanding of authenticity / Susan A. Gelman and Brandy N. Frazier

Groovin' to ancient Peru : a critical analysis of Disney's The emperor's new groove / Helaine Silverman

Telling children about the past using electronic games / Maria Economou

In a child's eyes : human origins and the Paleolithic in children's book llustrations / Nena Galanidou

Writing prehistory for children : a comparison between author and publisher-edited versions / Pascale Binant

Museums and archaeological sites as the setting for wondrous tales / Christos Boulotis

Exhibiting the past to children / Andromache Gazi

Eviscerating Barbie : telling children about Egyptian mummification / Lauren E. Talalay and Todd Gerring

Conversations about the past : families in an archaeology museum / Theano Moussouri

Small people versus big heritage / Liv Helga Dommasnes

Landscapes and winter counts : Lakota ways of telling children about the past / Craig Howe

Telling children about the past in Brazil / Ana Pin and Pedro Funari

From fragments to contexts : teaching prehistory to village children in Romania / Corina Sarbu and Dragos Gheorghiu.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789201840

1789201845

OCLC:

1078553788