Politics and the history curriculum

By Keith A. Erekson

Subjects: EDUCATION / Curricula, History, Schule, Curricula, Social sciences, textbooks, Education, united states, Geschichtsunterricht, EDUCATION / History, Social sciences, Textbooks, Social sciences, study and teaching, Study and teaching, EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION, General

Description: "The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made national and international headlines. However, much of that coverage was sensational and squeezed the process into a narrow "culture war" storyline. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broader context by exploring the tangled and powerful mixture of politics, religion, media, and education. This volume provides a clear analysis of what happened and why, along with sensible recommendations for teachers and policy makers"--