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Lachmann, Richard; Mitchell, Lacy – Sociology of Education, 2014
How have U.S. high school textbook depictions of World War II and Vietnam changed since the 1970s? We examined 102 textbooks published from 1970 to 2009 to see how they treated U.S. involvement in World War II and Vietnam. Our content analysis of high school history textbooks finds that U.S. textbooks increasingly focus on the personal experiences…
Descriptors: Textbooks, War, Asian History, United States History
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Vadas, Robert E. – Social Education, 2007
The author asserts that it is time for social studies teachers to engage students in a review of the rift between historical reality and mythology about Viet Nam, especially in light of recent comparisons that many have made between the Viet Nam War and the current situation in Iraq. Few teachers dealt with Viet Nam at the time of the war, and…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Travel, Textbooks, Misconceptions