Exposing 8th grade US History textbook obvious lies in wars, money, and power
source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com
The following is what I wrote and delivered to meeting participants concerning our school’s 8th grade US History text; a leading national textbook. Surprisingly, the textbook company author in attendance was in agreement (this person co-authored the 7th grade text). All of Social Science teachers and administrator managing our department are also in agreement. We’re developing primary source documents for our students to read and then compare to the text’s account of history to see these lies of omission and commission for themselves.
Consider the 5-minute PuppetGov video, “Simple card tricks for war” on the left as an historic and artistic expression to show how Americans are lied-into wars.
Teaching in a social justice and historically accurate frame
Thank you for meeting with us today to discuss how to best use our text. What I have to communicate is central