History·Historical Thinking·meta
Understanding People in Their Own Time
Understand that people in the past saw the world very differently from us — judge their actions by the context they lived in, not only by today's values
Suggested ages 8–10
Evidence of understanding
- Historical Empathy: A Cognitive-Affective Theory (ERIC)
- Year 4-6 historical empathy research
Assessment prompt
If Understanding People in Their Own Time learns that people in the past did something that seems wrong today, can they think about why those people might have believed it was normal or right at the time?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.