Connecting kids to history with museum exhibitions
By: D. Lynn McRainey and John Russick, editors.
Contributors: McRainey, D. Lynn.; Russick, John.
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781598743821; 9781598743838
Subjects: Museums -- Educational aspects -- United States; Museums -- Social aspects -- United States; Museum exhibits -- United States; History -- Study and teaching -- United States
Description: Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don't experience history in the same way as adults. In this guide, top museum professionals present current research and practice to help create meaningful and memorable museum experience for children.--[book cover].

D. Lynn McRainey and John Russick bring together top museum professionals to present state-of-the-art research and practice that respects and incorporates kids' developmental stages and learning preferences and the specific ways in which kids connect to history. They provide concrete tools for audience research and evaluation; exhibition development and design; and working with kids as "creative consultants."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Valuing kids; title: Never too young to connect to history / Sharon Shaffer; title: It's about them : using developmental frameworks to create exhibitions for children (and their grown-ups) / Elizabeth Reich Rawson; title: Experts, evaluators, and explorers : collaborating with kids / Anne Grimes Rand and Robert Kiihne; title: pt. 2. Connecting kids to history; title: Finding the story in history / Leslie Bedford; title: Imagination, a child's gateway to engagement with the past / Daniel Spock; title: Playing with the past / Jon-Paul C. Dyson; title: A sense of the past / D. Lynn McRainey; title: Are we there yet? : children, history, and the power of place / Benjamin Filene; title: pt. 3. Creating history exhibitions for kids; title: Shaping the space : designing for kids / Andy Anway and Neal Mayer; title: Making history interactive / John Russick; title: Is it real? : kids and collections / Mary Jane Taylor and Beth Twiss Houting; title: Write and design with the family in mind / Judy Rand; title: In a language they'll understand : media and museums / Gail Ringel.