Integrating Women's History: The Case of United States History High School Textbooks.

Tetreault, Mary Kay Thompson

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ERIC Number: EJ338210

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Publication Date: 1986

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Integrating Women's History: The Case of United States History High School Textbooks.

Tetreault, Mary Kay Thompson

History Teacher, v19 n2 p211-62 Feb 1986

Illustrates how a five-phase theory based on a new scholarship in women's history can evaluate curricular change about women present in high school history texts. Also suggests what textbook authors might include and an evaluation of 12 recent texts. Concludes that texts must eliminate stereotypic thinking about women. (TRS)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Females, Feminism, High Schools, History Instruction, Sex Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Textbook Bias, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Preparation, United States History, Womens History, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - General; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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