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Alridge, Derrick P. – Teachers College Record, 2006
In this study, I argue that American history textbooks present discrete, heroic, one-dimensional, and neatly packaged master narratives that deny students a complex, realistic, and rich understanding of people and events in American history. In making this argument, I examine the master narratives of Martin Luther King, Jr., in high school history…
Descriptors: United States History, Textbooks, Personal Narratives, Social Problems