The memory hole : the U.S. history curriculum under siege

The U.S. history curriculum is under attack. Politicians, political analysts, and ideologues seek to wipe clean the slate of the American past and replace it with one of their own invention. The basis for this new narrative comes from political beliefs of the present, rather than any systematic exam...

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Main Author Fischer, Fritz (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2014.
Subjects
Curriculum planning > United States > History.
Education > Curricula > United States > History.
United States > Historiography.
United States > History > Study and teaching.
Education > Curricula.
Curriculum planning and development.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613113
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-534-1
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 184 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The founding fathers, evangelical christianity and teaching history
  • Chapter 2. Robber barons and raw deals in the classroom
  • Chapter 3. The misuse of American exceptionalism
  • Chapter 4. Teaching america's golden age
  • Chapter 5. Anti-historians of the left
  • Chapter 6. Teaching ronald reagan
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion.

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