The paper is based on the results and data gathered from a heritage education project offered by Adnan Menderes University for sixth and eighth grade students (164 children aged 12-14) in the primary schools (25) in Aydin. The programme was applied to 164 children over five periods of eight days each, and data were gathered over the summer of 2011. In particular, children (aged 12-14) from 11 schools located in city centre (Figure 3) are the main focus group, with priority assigned to employed children and high-risk groups. The geographical proximity of the schools to the city centre, where most of the heritage places are located, differs (from within the historical environment itself to schools approximately 1 km away), as well as the socio-economic statuses of the children. The children located to the south and east are predominantly children of lower-income immigrant families, while those living close to the city centre and in the western part of the city have a fairly even mix of native families and the children of civil servants from relatively higher income families.