War, genocide 'difficult knowledge' to teach younger students

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 07:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Whether they're found in a museum or a textbook, historical narratives about traumatic events such as war and genocide are better left to older students, who have typically developed a more refined historical consciousness, says a University of Illinois professor who studies and teaches historical instruction...

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