Vietnam Revised: Are Our Textbooks Changing?.

Fleming, Dan B.; Nurse, Ronald J.

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ERIC Number: EJ262389

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Publication Date: 1982-May

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Vietnam Revised: Are Our Textbooks Changing?

Fleming, Dan B.; Nurse, Ronald J.

Social Education, v46 n5 p338-43 May 1982

Describes a study which analyzed 10 current and widely used secondary U.S. history textbooks for their coverage of the Vietnam War to determine their accuracy, completeness, and objectivity. Most of the textbooks studied offered a too sketchy account of the Vietnam War. Certain key topics are often neglected. (RM)

Descriptors: Secondary Education, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, United States History

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Vietnam

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