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Davis, Norma Salazar – 1991
American and western education textbooks have omitted Hispanic topics, people, and contributions. An examination of seven history of western education texts reveals no mention at all of Hispanics. An examination of 11 history of American education texts, ranging from 400 to 600 pages, reveals that none devotes more than two pages to Hispanics or…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Teachers, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPowers, Jane Bernard – Social Studies Review, 1989
Suggests reasons for the lack of material on Asian-American women in textbooks. Presents a study guide to accompany the film "Sewing Woman," a fictionalized documentary based on a series of Chinese American oral histories and the life of a Chinese garment worker. (DB)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
