Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Imagine a world with no books. Imagine gathered around a camp fire listening to stories of hero’s‚ witches‚ dragon slayers‚ ghost‚ and even biblical blood baths. Well‚ this is how children were first told stories not from pages in a book but from images and memories of ones mind. Stories were told to children and adults alike. The art of storytelling slowly progress over the years from story telling orally to finally
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Children’s Literature Children carry potential to learn from a variety of methods. Children’s literature often includes age-appropriate and suitable content that help learning development and understanding. This paper includes information describing a timeline that illustrates the history of children’s literature in Western culture. More specifically‚ this paper includes descriptions of major trends and developments‚ including social functions‚ of children’s literature in various times and cultures
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Children’s literature can be defined as good quality trade books for children from birth to adolescence‚ covering topics of relevance and interests to children of those ages‚ through prose and poetry‚ fiction and non-fiction. Children can connect with the characters‚ events‚ places‚ and problems in literature on a personal level. Such affective responses to literature provide opportunities for students to become personally involved in reading and learning. For children to be successful they should
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D Ambrose of Milan born 347 A.D Jerome born 354 A.D Augustine born 360 430 A.D 374 A.D Ambrose’s becomes Bishop of Milan 381 A.D Christianity becomes the official state religion of the Empire 395 A.D Roman Empire divided into Eastern and Western portions 397 A.D Ambrose of Milan dies 419 A.D Jerome dies 430 A.D Augustine dies 450 550 A.D 480 A.D Benedict born 500 Beginning of the Middle Ages 527 A.D Justinian’s rule began 537 A.D Hagia Sophia consecrated in Constantinople
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LITERATURE TIMELINE Date | Literary Period | Authors/Works | 800-400 BC | This period was dominated by Homer and other Greek tragedians | The Iliad and The Odyssey by HomerOedipus the King by SophoclesMedea by Euripedes | 250 BC - AD 150 | Writers of the Roman Empire are most noted in this time period | Famous authors from this period: Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid | 450-1066 | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period | Beowulf The rise of haiku poetry Tale of Genji by Japanese writer Murasaki
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Timeline for Children’s Literature (ENG/290 Version 2) Evolution of Children’s Literature * Beginning of children’s literature [ Period not established (pre-dates written records) ] * Beginning is unknown‚ but could have started as a simple warning to children about danger‚ or to calm a child that was having difficulty falling to sleep (Russell‚ 2009‚ Chapter 1‚ para. 1). Importance was that information was directly customized to benefit children. * Art of Storytelling (The
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of at least everything. It is known to many that teachers are jacks-of-all-trades and basic knowledge of mathematics‚ science‚ politics and current events is a determiner to becoming a teacher. Also‚ these determiners are not worth mentioning without emphasizing the importance of history and literature. Teachers and future teachers are expected to have enough‚ if not wide‚ perception‚ grasp and understanding of literature since literature is a part of a teacher’s daily life. Literature can be
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The purpose of the research is to analyze and answer the “what if” questions in related to the development of the software. To find the best solution for particular problems that may encounter during the study‚ which will help to enhance the system exertion of the game. The Fantasy is used as a modern genre that contains supernatural‚ fabulous or magical aspects. Almost any Fantasy game‚ comes up with some sort of dwarf‚ sorcerer‚ vampire or whatever. The Adventure genre
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Adventure is an important part of children ’s psyche. Children often dream of strange fortunes‚ great feats‚ exciting events‚ long trips‚ and everything they can be drawn to from the monotony of everyday life. Heroes of adventure stories are mostly sailors‚ pirates‚ cowboys and Indians‚ convicts‚ researchers‚ adventurers and solitaires of all types. The concept of adventure story is quite simple: brave‚ strong and resourceful hero must make a difficult task‚ and overcome a lot of danger‚ but in
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Definition of western culture The term "Western culture" is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms‚ ethical values‚ traditional customs‚ religious beliefs‚ political systems‚ and specific artifacts and technologies. The concept of western culture is generally linked to the classical definition of the Western world. In this definition‚ Western culture is the set of literary‚ scientific‚ political‚ artistic and philosophical principles which set it apart from other cultural spheres
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