Time and Chronology

Books - General

Bateman, B. (1968). Temporal learning. San Rafael, CA: Dimensions Publishing Company.

Bowman, R. A. (1962). Genealogy. In G. A. Buttrick (Ed.), The interpreter's dictionary of the Bible. (Vol. E-J, pp. 362-365). New York: Abingdon Press.

Brandon, S. (1965). History, time, and deity: A historical and comparative study of the conception of time in religious thought and practice, containing the Forwood lectures in the philosophy and history of religion, delivered in the University of Liverpool. New York: Barnes and Noble.

Brueggemann, W., & Wolff, H. W. (1976). The vitality of Old Testament traditions. Atlanta: John Knox Press.

Carpenter, H. M. (Ed.). (1963). Skill development in social studies. 33rd Yearbook for the National Council for the Social Studies. Washington, D.C.: National Council for the Social Studies.

Chandler, B. (Ed.). (1991). The time museum historical catalogue of American pocket watches. Rockford, Illinois: Time Museum.

Dummelow, J.R. (1968). The one volume Bible commentary. New York: Macmillan.

Dunkling, L. (1988). A dictionary of days. New York: Facts on File Publications.

Feinberg, S. (1995). Holocaust chronology. Social Education. 59 (6), C7-C8.

Ferguson, G. A. (1966). Statistical analysis in psychology and education. New York: McGraw- Hill.

Flickinger, A., & Rehage, K. J. (1949). Building time and space concepts. In the Twentieth yearbook. (pp. 107-116). National Council for the Social Studies. Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing.

Holum, J. R. (1965). Of test tubes and Testaments. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Augsburg Publishing House.

Horn, E. (1937). Methods of instruction in the social studies. (Part XV: Report of the Commission on the Social Studies). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Howse, D. (1980). Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude. New York: Oxford University Press.

Hyers, C. (1984). The meaning of creation. Atlanta: John Knox Press.

Johnson, O. (Ed.). (1994). The 1994 information please almanac. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Kondeatis, C. (1990). The junior wall chart of history. Hong Kong: Longview Printers.

MacDonald, M. (Ed.). (1992). The folklore of world holidays. Detroit: Gale Research, Inc.

Martin, B. Jr., & Brogan, P. (1972). Sounds after dark. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Michaelis, J. U. (1963). Social studies for children in a democracy: Recent trends and developments. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall.

Newman, W. L. (1976). Geologic time. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Piaget, J. (1969). Geologic time. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office.

Piaget, J. (1969). The child's conception of time. (A. J. Pomerans, Tans.). New York: Basic Books. (Original work published 1969).

Preston, R. C. (1950). Teaching social studies in the elementary school. New York: Rinehart.

Preston, R. C. (1968). Teaching social studies in the elementary school. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Pulaski, M. A. (1971). Understanding Piaget: An introduction to children's cognitive development. New York: Harper and Row.

Schneider, D. and others. (1994). Curriculum standards for social studies. (Bulletin No. 89). Washington, D. C.: National Council for the Social Studies.

Smart, M. (1969). The religious experience of mankind. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Stokes, W. L. (1966). Essentials of earth history. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice- Hall.

Straalen, A. (1986). The book of holidays around the world. New York: E. P. Dutton.

Turner, A. (1984). Water-clocks, sand-glasses, fire-clocks. Rockford, Illinois: Time Museum.

Turner, A. (1985). Astrolabes, astrolabe related instruments. Rockford, Illinois: Time Museum.

United States, Central Intelligence Agency. (1989). Standard time zones of the world. Washington, D. C.: Central Intelligence Agency.

Webster's new collegiate dictionary. (2nd ed.). (1956). Springfield, MA: G. and C. Merriam.

Werner, H. (1961). Comparative psychology of mental development. New York: Science Editors.

Childrens' Books -

(A small selection of the many books available)

Anderson, M. (1979). In the circle of time. New York: Knopf.

Anno, M. (1987). Anno's sundial. New York: Philomel books.

Barron, T. (1992). The ancient one. New York: Philomel Books.

Bates, B. (1968). Bible festivals and Holy days. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press.

Belting, N. (1964). Calendar moon. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Bosse, M. (1980). Cave beyond time. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.

Boston, L. (1955). The children of Green Knowe. New York: Harcourt, Brace.

Boston, L. (1964). An enemy at Green Knowe. New York: Harcourt, Brace.

Branley, F. (1993). Keeping time: From the beginning and into the 21st century. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Brindze, R. (1949). The story of our calendar. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc.

Couzens, R. (No date). The stories of the months and days. New York: Frederick A. Stokes.

Fritz, J. & others. (1992). The world in 1492. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Gregory, R. (1975). Anniversaries and holidays. Chicago: American Library Association.

Hamilton, V. (1988). In the beginning: Creation stories from around the world. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich.

Doty, J. (1980). Can I get there by candlelight? New York: Macmillan.

Fuchshuber, A. (1988). The cuckoo-clock cuckoo. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.

Gomi, T. (1984). First comes Harry. New York: William Morrow.

Haestro, B. (1984). Around the clock with Harriet: A book about telling time. New York: Crown Publishers.

Hopkins, L. (1993). It's about time: Poems. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Kittleman, L. (1985). Canyons beyond the sky. New York: Atheneum.

Kondeatis, C. (1990). The junior wall chart of history. Hong Kong: Longview Printers.

Krensky, S. (1989). Big time bears. Boston: Little, Brown.

Les Tina, D. (1967). May day. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.

Liberty, G., & Kotula, J. (1973). The how and why wonder book of time. New York: Grosset and Dunlap.

Lyon, G. (1985). Father Time and the day boxes. New York: Bradbury Press.

McGinley, P. (1966). Wonderful time New York:. J. B. Lippincott.

McMillan, B. (1989). Time to ---. New York: Lothrop, Le & Shepard Books

Phelan, M. (1966). The fourth of July. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.

Thompson, C. (1989). Time. New York: Delacorte Press.

Articles and Other Materials

Ames, L. (1946). The development of the sense of time in the young child. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 68, 97-125.

Anderson, H. R. (1936). Teaching chronological relationships. Middle School, 50, 160-161.

Bender, P. A. (1974). Brief chronologies which illustrate the historical development of measurement techniques, apparatus and standards. The Physics Teacher, 12, 155-157.

Bradley, N. (1947). The growth of the knowledge of time in children of school age. British Journal of Psychology, 38, 67-78.

Branley, F. (1960). Time and distance. Grade Teacher, 77, 56, 120.

Bromberg, W. (1938). The meaning of time for children. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 8, 142-147.

Bruner, J. (1961). The act of discovery. Harvard Educational Review, 31, 21-32.

Calendar Kit. (1976). Midland, Texan: Scholar's Press.

Chupa, J. Calendar Bingo. Learning, 3, 37.

Davis, O. (1968). Usefulness of a time-line with historical text. Educational Leadership, 25, 150-153.

Davis, O. L. (1966). Usefulness of time lines in learning chronological relationships in text materials. Journal of Experimental Education, 34, 22-25.

Ezegelyan, A. (1969). Introducing the time line in social studies. Grade Teacher, 87, 76-77, 95.

Friedman, K. (1944). The growth of time concepts. Social Education, 8, 29-31.

Friedman, K. (1944). Time concepts of elementary school children. The Elementary School Journal, 44, 337-342.

Friedman, K. (1964). How to Develop Time and Chronological Concepts. (How to do It series No. 22). Washington, D. C.: National Council for the Social Studies.

Gill, C. (1962). Interpretations of indefinite expressions of time. Social Education, 26, 454-456.

Gotkin, L. (1967). A calendar curriculum for disadvantaged kindergarten children. Teachers College Record, 68, 406-417.

Harms, J., & Lettow L. (1997). Life stories in children's books. Social Education. 61 (4), 205-206.

Hoffman, J. (1958). Project time-line. Social Education, 22, 67-68.

Jarolimek, J. 91962). One date but many events. Elementary School Journal. 62, 281-185.

Jarolimek, J., & Foster, C. (1969). Quantitative concepts in fifth-grade social studies textbooks. In W. Herman (Ed.). Current Research in Elementary School Social Studies, (pp. 368- 373). London: Macmillan Company.

Kaplan, A. (1956). Teaching time and space concepts. Clearing House, 31, 71-74.

Kurtz, C. (1975, March 2). The prophets. Des Moines Sunday Register, pp. 8-11.

Leichty, V. (1954). Students thinking on items involving chronology. Journal of Education Research, 48, 187-194.

Long, H. (1953). Developing a time sense of history. Journal of Education, 136, 50-53.

Longitude and time. (1958). Instructor, 67, 101-102.

Lyda, W., & Robinson, V. (1964). Quantitative concepts in selected social studies textbooks for second grade. The Elementary School Journal, 65, 159-162.

Marx, V. (1967). River of time: Helping children gain historical perspective. Instructor, 77, 27-28.

May, L. (1969). Marvelous math of telling time. Grade Teacher, 87, 46-50.

Miller, E. (1948). Making a time line. Instructor, 57, 30, 68, 70, 73.

Oakden, E., & Sturt, M. (1922). Development of the knowledge of time in children. British Journal of Psychology, 12, 309-336.

Orbital Calendar. (1972). San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Paine, C. (1973). Shedding light on time. Learning, 2, 60-62.

Patriarca, L., & Alleman, J. (1987). Studying time: A cognitive approach. Social Education. 51 (4), 273-277.

Pistor, F. (1940). How time concepts are acquired by children. Educational Method, 30, 107- 112.

Roberds, W. (1974). Time around the world. Science and children, 11, 25-27.

Scourzo, H. (1967). Summer's the time for science time lines. Grade Teacher, 84, 148, 152.

Shrigley, R. L. (1969). A light year is a light year is a ... Science and Children, 7, 25.

Thomas, Sister M. (1954). Developing the time concept. The Catholic School Journal, 54, 341- 342.

Time traveler CD - Macintosh (A time line program on CD Rom)

Vietnamese, Laotian families to celebrate Tet (New York) today. (1976, January 31). Cedar Falls, IA: The Record, p. 12.

Unpublished Materials

Anselmo, F. 91967). An investigation of the nature and development of time concepts in elementary school children. (Doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 1967). Dissertation Abstracts, 28, 2088A.

Arnsdorf, V. E. (1959). An investigation of teaching of chronology in the sixth grade. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1959). Dissertation Abstracts, 20, 3992.

Dobbs, E. L. (1963). A study of the sequential development of time sense and chronology in the elementary school. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas, 1963). Dissertation Abstracts, 24, 5075.

Forman, J. K. (1968). Explanations of five aspects of time by selected children. (Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, 1968). Dissertation Abstracts, 29, 3322.

Gottstein, M. J. (1963). Development of a program adaptable for teaching six categories of quantitative concepts found in fifth grade social studies textbooks. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Kennelly, M. C. (1957). The effectiveness of training upon the sequential and chronological ordering ability of kindergarten children. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Stein, F. J. (1967). The effectiveness of training upon the sequential and chronological ordering ability of kindergarten children. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Tapp, H. (1963). A study of quantitative concepts in selected social studies textbooks and in concomitant arithmetic textbooks at fourth, fifth, and sixth grade levels. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Tom, A. R. (1966). Children's understanding of the notion of time in grades two, four, and six. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1966). Dissertation Abstracts, 28, 0886A.


Resources compiled by Dr. Loretta Kuse

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