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Fleming, Daniel B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
A review of 19 recently published, secondary-level United States and world history textbooks found only brief coverage of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan) bombings, slight attention to the arms race and disarmament, and concentration on scientific and technical developments behind the atomic bomb rather than on its effects. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Disarmament, History Textbooks, Nuclear Warfare, Nuclear Weapons
Wineburg, Sam – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
The debate over national history standards is so fixated on "which history" that the importance of studying history is being overlooked. History humanizes us in ways that few other curricular areas can. Three classroom vignettes illustrate the difficulties of achieving mature historical understanding in a Disney/MTV-dominated culture. (53…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Pluralism, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
