Echoes of Angel Island: Developing Historical Empathy for Detained Immigrants

Author： Vincent Ciardiello A.  

Publisher： National Council for the Social Studies

ISSN： 1056-0300

Source： Social Studies and the Young Learner, Vol.22, Iss.2, 2009-11, pp. : P1-P4

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Abstract

Did you ever wonder why people in history acted the way they did? Some historians say that learning about the past is often like living in a foreign country. It seems that people in the past did things differently. Teachers can help their students develop historical empathy. History educators describe historical empathy as both a skill and a perspective in understanding and caring about the thoughts and actions of persons in history.1 Historical empathy helps students understand and explain past events through the “eyes of others” and in the context of those who lived back then.

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