Telling Children About the Past

Nena Galanidou is Associate Professor of History & Archaeology at University of Crete.

"...their attention to detail and the careful thought they have put into the book's structure, makes this an important volume." -- Emma Carver Emma Carver

• Contributing AuthorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Children and Narratives of the PastLiv Helga Dommasnes and Nena GalanidouPART I: LEARNING PATHS: COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 1. Cognitive and Neural Developments that Make it Possible to Experience the Past as the PresentPatricia J. BauerChapter 2. Autobiography, Time and History: Children’s Construction of the Past in Family ReminiscingRobyn FivushChapter 3. Representing the Past in PicturesAlan Costall and Ann RichardsChapter 4. Children’s Understanding of AuthenticitySusan A. Gelman and Brandy N. FrazierPART II: CONTECTS OF TELLING I: DIGITAL AND PRINTED MEDIAChapter 5. Groovin’ to Ancient Peru: a Critical Analysis of Disney’s The Emperor’s New GrooveHelaine SilvermanChapter 6. Telling Children About the Past Using Electronic GamesMaria EconomouChapter 7. In a Child’s Eyes: Human Origins and the Paleolithic in Children’s Book IllustrationsNena GalanidouChapter 8. Writing Prehistory for Children. A Comparison Between Author and Publisher-Edited VersionsPascale BinantChapter 9. Museums and Archaeological Sites as the Setting for Wondrous TalesChristos BoulotisPART III: CONTEXTS OF TELLING II: MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE SITESChapter 10. Exhibiting the Past to ChildrenAndromache GaziChapter 11. Eviscerating Barbie: Telling Children About Egyptian MummificationLauren E. Talalay and Todd GerringChapter 12. Conversations About the Past: Families in an Archaeology MuseumTheano MoussouriChapter 13. Small People versus Big HeritageLiv Helga DommasnesPART IV: CONTEXTS OF TELLING III: SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL CLASSROOMSChapter 14. Landscapes and Winter Counts: Lakota Ways of Telling Children About the PastCraig HoweChapter 15. Telling Children About the Past in BrazilAna Piñón and Pedro FunariChapter 16. From Fragments to Contexts: Teaching Prehistory to Village Children in RomaniaCorina Sarbu and Dragos Gheorghiu