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Blake, David W. – History Teacher, 1981
Compares the suitability of two kinds of history curricula for the varying levels of cognitive development of 9- to 11-year-olds. Fifteen British students studied the Victorian Era using transcripts of original documents, while 15 classmates used standard textbooks. The documents seemed to give students greater awareness of the evidence sources.…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Education, Elementary Education
Marklund, Inger, Ed.; Otter, Annica, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1985
Described is the Man in a Changing Society (MIS) project in which K-12 Swedish children use parish records to study and research local history. Church records in Sweden contain detailed information about individuals living during the 18th and 19th centuries. To make this information accessible to researchers, the Swedish church records are being…
Descriptors: Churches, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation