Redirecting Our Voyage through History: A Content Analysis of Social Studies Textbooks.

Gordy, Laurie L.; Pritchard, Alice M.

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ERIC Number: EJ509395

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Publication Date: 1995

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Redirecting Our Voyage through History: A Content Analysis of Social Studies Textbooks.

Gordy, Laurie L.; Pritchard, Alice M.

Urban Education, v30 n2 p195-218 Jul 1995

Examines the extent to which social studies textbooks include diverse perspectives on U.S. history through a content analysis of the treatment of slavery in 17 5th-grade texts in Connecticut. Students are receiving a sanitized view of the history of slavery, with only a partial picture of discrimination. (SLD)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Multicultural Education, Multicultural Textbooks, Racial Discrimination, Slavery, Social Bias, Social Studies, Textbook Content, Textbooks, United States History

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Connecticut

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