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Peer reviewedDanilov, A. I.; Sharifzhanov, I. I. – Social Education, 1981
Analyzes information in social studies textbooks in the United States regarding the history of the USSR. Identifies major problems, including failure to take the work of Soviet scholars into account, political bias, oversimplification, distortion of the truth and failure to highlight achievements of Russian culture, science, and sociopolitical…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, Social Studies
Peer reviewedJennison, Earl W., Jr. – History Teacher, 1975
The treatment of ethnic minorities in Russian history survey textbooks is examined. (DE)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Historical Criticism, History
Peer reviewedMehlinger, Howard D; Rabinowitch, Alexander – Social Education, 1981
Introduces a cooperative project undertaken by the USSR Ministry of Education and by various educational institutions in the United States to assess what youth in each country learn about the other country from geography and history textbooks. The objective was to minimize misinformation. (DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
Download full textParker, Franklin – 1986
This review of a 1981 interim report on the United States' and the Soviet Union's distortion of events in history and geography textbooks is intended to encourage educators in both countries to depict the other side more honestly, less aggressively, and more appreciative of each other's virtues and flaws. Organized into two major sections,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Geography Instruction
Hodenfield, G. K. – American Education, 1979
History and geography textbooks used in secondary grades in the Soviet Union and in the United States are being examined by scholars in both countries for factual errors and ideological distortions which influence how one nation perceives the other. A joint report, with suggestions for improvements, is scheduled for 1980. (MF)
Descriptors: Communism, Cultural Exchange, Democracy, Foreign Countries
Stone, Kirk, Ed. – Social Studies Professional, 1988
Discusses U.S./USSR Textbook Study Project and the concerns of its director, Howard Mehlinger. Among the criticisms of Soviet treatment of U.S. history are the overriding ideological biases and the inadequate coverage of such topics as political parties and reform movements. Among Soviet complaints are stereotypes of economic underdevelopment and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Educational Anthropology, Foreign Countries
