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ENGL  2980,  Children’s  Literature  Quiz  2  September  11,  2013    Name:  __________________________________________________________    Instructions:  You  will  have  15  minutes  to  fill  out  the  following  chart  and  to  provide  a  short  answer  to  the  question  that  follows  it.  The  chart  is  worth  7  points  and  the  written  response  is  worth  3  points,  for  a  total  of  10  points.  You  may  not  use  your  textbook  for  this  exercise.    Table  instructions:  Place  each  of  the  following  models  of  childhood  into  the  box  next  to  the  definition  that  best  describes  it:  The  Romantic  Child;  The  Sinful  Child;  The  Sacred  Child;  The  Working  Child;  The  Child  as  Radically  Other;  The  Developing  Child;  The  Child  as  Miniature  Adult.    Model  of  Childhood   Definition  Sacred  child   “Children  are  understood  as  precious  and  fragile  

aesthetic  objects  to  admire  rather  than  as  practical  tools.  As  such,  they  must  be  protected,  watched,  fussed  over.”  

Sinful  child   Children  are  “sinful  and  in  need  of  discipline  and  training.”  

Child  as  Miniature  Adult   Children  can  act  “independently  of  adults  and  perform…roles  more  commonly  attributed  to  adults.”  

Romantic  child   Children  are  “purer  and  more  virtuous  than  adults,  closer  to  nature  and  God,  and  beautified  by  their  naivete.”    

Working  child   Children  are  “necessary  and  useful  contributors  to  the  household…,  practical  additions  to  families,  and  …sources  of  labor.”  

Developing  child   Children  are  “immature  or  developing  beings  who  are  slowly  moving  toward  adulthood  in  a  mostly  unbroken  line.”    

Child  as  radically  other   Children  are  “fundamentally  and  qualitatively  different  from  adults.”  

 1. In  Chapter  1  of  Reading  Children’s  Literature,  Hintz  and  Tribunella  detail  7  

historical  models  of  childhood  that  have  been  “most  prevalent  in  British  and  U.S.  cultural  history  since  the  seventeenth  century”  (14).  Select  one  of  these  models  and  write  a  paragraph  in  which  you  explain  how  this  particular  model  of  childhood  might  help  to  explain  how  children  are  depicted  in  your  favorite  children’s  book,  film,  or  TV  show.  

 Successful  answers  went  into  some  detail;  in  fact,  if  you  took  fewer  than  10  minutes  to  complete  the  quiz,  then  you  probably  were  not  providing  enough  detail.