HIST 3320: The History of Childhood
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Required Secondary sources: Sept. 10, Tuesday
- Montgomery, Different Cultures, Different ChildhoodsMontgomery, Heather. (2019, Mar. 1) “Different Cultures, Different Childhoods”. OpenLearn Open University
Required Secondary Source and Primary Sources Sept. 9/12:
- Usha Menon, “The Hindu Views of Childhood and Child Rearing,” Oxford Bibliographieshttps://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199791231/obo-9780199791231-0183.xml
- The Student Stage of Life (text): BrahmacharyaChildren and Youth in History: https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/325.html
- Writing on Children: Gandhi on Childrenhttps://www.mkgandhi.org/momgandhi/chap58.htm
- Writing for children: Advice of an Aztec Mother to Her Daughter [Document]https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/443
- Writing about Childhood: Gandhi’s Autobiography(Chapters 1, 2, 3)
https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/An-Autobiography.pdf - Advice of an Aztec Father to His Sons [Document]https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/442
Recommended
- Anastasia Ulanowicz, Philippe ArièsAnastasia Ulanowicz (n.d) Philippe Ariès. Representing Childhood - Theorists - Philippe Ariès
- The Kids Aren’t All Right: Historians and the Problem of ChildhoodMaza, S. (2020). The Kids Aren’t All Right: Historians and the Problem of Childhood. American Historical Review, 125(4), 1261–1285.
- Re-Visioning Women and Social Change: Where Are the Children?Thorne, Barrie. "Re-Visioning Women and Social Change: Where Are the Children?," Gender and Society 1, no. 1 (1987): 85-109.
- Childhood and Transatlantic Slavery by Steven MintzChildren and Youth in History: : https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/case-studies/57.html
- The Discovery of Childhood [pdf]Ariès, Phillipe. (1962) “Chapter 2: The Discovery of Childhood” In Centuries of Childhood.
- Histories of ChildhoodClark, J. (2004) Histories of Childhood In Dominic Wyse Childhood Studies: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons.
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Discussion Questions
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Tuesday, Sept. 10;
Discussion Questions:
- Why is it important to study a global history of childhood?
- Do you think there is one uniform notion of childhood? Support your answers with suitable examples.
- What are the different kinds of sources that help us write histories of childhood? Discuss at least four from the list on the syllabus. Feel free to bring in outside examples.
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Thursday, Sept. 12:
Discussion Board DB#2 due on Thursday, Sept. 12, before class.
Write a paragraph or two (300-350 words, 1 page) about an occasion, object (toy, book, music, film, event, etc.), picture, memory, individual that acts as a defining moment of your childhood. Please be specific about your age, ethnicity, race, gender, location (which city, country), time period (tentative year), members involved; description of the object, event, and any other factor that was important for that moment.
You will share the above information with the class to explore how our childhood experiences are determined by age, location, region, context, gender, ethnicity, religion, relationships, and other specific conditions.
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