HIST 3320: The History of Childhood
Read
Required
- Chapter 6 Alongside the Modern Model: The Pressure of ColonialismStearns, P. N. (2016) Chapter 6 Alongside the Modern Model: The Pressure of Colonialism. In Childhood in World HistoryProQuest Ebook Central
- Childhood and Atlantic SlaverySteven Mintz, "Childhood and Transatlantic Slavery," in Children and Youth in History, Item #57, https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/57
- Chapter 12 African American Childhood (pdf on BB)
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Joseph E. Illick, “Chapter 12 African American Childhood,” In The Global History of Childhood, ed. Heidi Morrison. (pdf on BB) - Incidents in The Life of A Slave Girl, Seven Years Concealed: I - XLI.Jacobs, H. (2001). Incidents in The Life of A Slave Girl, Seven Years Concealed: I - XLI. In H. Jacobs, Dover Thrift Editions. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (p. 8). Dover Publications. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2270700008/LITF?u=cuny_broo39667&sid=bookmark-LITF&xid=cd5005ea
- This is the History You Didn’t Learn in SchoolFYI: All CUNY members have free access to The New York Times. To access Create Account: New York Times
Citation: Mary Elliott and Jazmine Hughes’ essay “This is the History You Didn’t Learn in School” in NYT 1619 project - The Adventures of Tom SawyerTom Sayer. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Girlhood and Little WomenJulia Mickenberg, "Girlhood and Little Women," in Children and Youth in History, Item #80, https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/80
Recommended
- Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa [Photograph and Scholarly Text],"Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa [Photograph and Scholarly Text]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #329, https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/329 Annotated by Miriam Forman-Brunell
Discussion Questions
- How did colonialism make a difference in experiences of childhood in different locales?
- What were the different contexts in which gendering took place? Do you notice similarities and differences in the processes although the contexts were very different? Illustrate with examples from primary and secondary sources.
- How did the process of gendering childhood unfold in Iran and the US?
- Do you encounter multiple childhoods in the readings on US?
Work to do
Discussion Board (DB) #5 (300-350 words) due on Blackboard
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- How do the readings from this week inform your understanding of childhood? Do any of the historical instances resonate with your own experiences? Do you think the culture of childhood changed over the centuries? What then were the causes of change? Refer to specific examples from the readings to illustrate your claim.
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