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Hiner, N. Ray Hiner, and Joseph M. Hawes, eds. Growing Up in America: Children in Historical Perspective (1985), essays by leading historians; Holt, Marilyn Irvin. Cold War Kids: Politics and Childhood in Postwar America, 1945–1960 (University Press of Kansas; 2014) 224 pages; emphasis on the growing role of politics and federal policy
Comparative history: the historical analysis of the family not confined to national boundaries. Contemporary history: the study of historical/social events that are immediately relevant to the present time. Cultural history: the study of the family in the cultural context. Ethnography: the study of family customs.
Author of Reading Children's Literature: A Critical Introduction, Carrie Hintz notes that there are differences among children from the same time period depending on their individual context such as race, gender, or place and these differences should be considered when focusing on the historical changes of children and the representation of ...
Historical, social, and family context is essential to achieving correct identification of individuals and relationships. Source citation is also important when conducting genealogical research. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] To keep track of collected material, family group sheets and pedigree charts are used.
"Adapted education" was organized in 1903 and used the French curriculum as a basis, replacing information relevant to France with "comparable information drawn from the African context". For example, French lessons of morality were coupled with many references to African history and local folklore.
For example, the Sto:lo community in Canada focuses on reinforcing children's identity by telling stories about the land to explain their roles. [ 33 ] Furthermore, Storytelling is a way to teach younger members of indigenous communities about their culture and their identities.
Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary sources and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be drawn on, and the historian's skill lies in identifying these sources, evaluating their relative authority, and combining their testimony appropriately in order ...
Historical significance is a historiographical key concept that explores and seeks to explain the selection of particular social and cultural past events for remembrance by human societies. This element of selection involved in both ascribing and analyzing historical significance is one factor in making the discipline of history distinct from ...