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McPike, Elizabeth, Ed. – American Educator, 1997
Compares two social studies textbooks for second graders, one standard curriculum (SC) text and the other from the Core Knowledge Curriculum (CKC). It argues that the SC textbook is boring and overly simplified, while the CKC textbook is interesting and considerably more informative. It suggests that elementary school students are fully capable of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criticism, Educational Quality, Elementary School Students
