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Direct linkRavitch, Diane – Thomas B Fordham Foundation and Institute, 2004
This document reviews a dozen history textbooks. The following American History textbooks are reviewed: (1) Joyce Appleby, Alan Brinkley, and James M. McPherson, The American Journey: Building a Nation (Glencoe, 2003), and Joyce Appleby, Alan Brinkley, Albert S. Broussard, James M. McPherson, and Donald A. Ritchie, The American Republic Since 1877…
Descriptors: Textbooks, High Schools, History Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Folsom, Burton; Leef, George; Mateer, Dirk – 1999
This study examined 16 high school economics textbooks commonly used in Michigan. The textbooks were graded for 12 criteria that form the basis for the sound study of economics: (1) the price system and production; (2) competition and monopoly; (3) comparative economic systems; (4) the distribution of income and poverty; (5) the role of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economics, Economics Education, Evaluation Criteria
Rubin, Barry – American Educator, 1994
Examines ways the Middle East is presented in American high school textbooks, focusing on seven texts. The books are good introductions to culture, geography, and early history, but they do a poor job on contemporary issues, providing a poor foundation for the study of current events in the Middle East. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Current Events, Democracy, Geography
