Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Contributing Authors v
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction. Children and Narratives of the Past 1
6. Part I Learning Paths: Cognitive and Psychological Perspectives
7. Chapter 1 Cognitive and Neural Developments that Make it Possible to Experience the Past as the Present 15
8. Chapter 2 Autobiography, Time and History: Children’s Construction of the Past in Family Reminiscing 42
9. Chapter 3 Representing the Past in Pictures 59
10. Chapter 4 Children’s Understanding of Authenticity 81
11. Part II Contexts of Telling I: Digital and Printed Media
12. Chapter 5 Groovin’ to Ancient Peru: A Critical Analysis of Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove 101
13. Chapter 6 Telling Children About the Past using Electronic Games 125
14. Chapter 7 In a Child’s Eyes: Human Origins and Paleolithic Life in Children’s Book Illustrations 145
15. Chapter 8 Writing Prehistory for Children: A Comparison Between Author and Publisher-Edited Versions 173
16. Chapter 9 Museums and Archeological Sites as the Setting for Wondrous Tales 187
17. Part III Contexts of Telling II: Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites
18. Chapter 10 Exhibiting the Past to Children 201
19. Chapter 11 Eviscerating Barbie. Telling Children About Egyptian Mummification 226
20. Chapter 12 Conversations About the Past: Families in an Archaeology Museum 241
21. Chapter 13 Small People versus Big Heritage 259
22. Part IV. Contexts of Telling III: Schools and Special Classrooms
23. Chapter 14 Landscapes and Winter Counts: Lakota Ways of Telling Children About the Past 277
24. Chapter 15 Telling Children About the Past in Brazil 291
25. Chapter 16 From Fragments to Contexts: Teaching Prehistory to Village Children in Romania 312