The Treatment of Economic Issues in High School Government, Sociology, U.S. History and World History Texts.

Main, Robert S.

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Treatment of Economic Issues in High School Government, Sociology, U.S. History and World History Texts

Main, Robert S.

Journal of Economic Education, 9, 2, 115-8, Spr 78

Describes a recent examination of the treatment of economics in high school social studies textbooks. Concludes that most texts were deficient in their treatment of economics and that there were errors of fact and interpretation in many texts. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Economics Education, Evaluative Thinking, Political Science, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Sociology, Textbook Evaluation, United States History, World History

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