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

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)

• Author/Creator: Gordy, Laurie L., Pritchard, Alice M.
• Date Published: Jul
• Journal/Secondary Title: Urban Education
• Number: 2
• Volume: 30
• Year: 1995

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: Cultural Differences
• Subject: Elementary Education
• Subject: Grade 5
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Multicultural Textbooks
• Subject: Racial Discrimination
• Subject: Slavery
• Subject: Social Bias
• Subject: Social Studies
• Subject: Textbook Content
• Subject: Textbooks
• Subject: United States History

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