History on Trial : Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past
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The authors of History On Trial never would have imagined that they'd get caught up in a highly partisan national controversy. In 1992 they were enlisted by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to draw up standards for the teaching of history in America's schools. And in 1994, before their work was even published, it came under blistering attack from the political right. In History on Trial the professors argue that their work was hideously distorted and turned into a shockingly nasty political issue by agitators such as Rush Limbaugh and Lynne Cheney (who had been director of the NEH when the project to create curriculum guidelines was begun). In presenting their story, Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn may go into too much detail for a general reader, but that is perhaps a necessary byproduct of fully presenting their case.
Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, Lawrence W. Levine
... an important and accessible book about what transpired when three California professors--Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree and Ross E. Dunn--helped from 1992 to 1996 to create national standards for the teaching of history.... fascinating and instructive reading ... If the authors did no more than give us an account of the creation of and reaction to the national history standards, History on Trial would be essential reading. But they do much more. It is a wonderfully clear and concise overview of the changing ways in which Americans have, since the beginning of the republic, perceived and argued about our past.
History on Trial : Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past
History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past,Gary Nash,Knopf,0679446877,Culture conflict,Curricula,Education,Education / Teaching,Elementary,Elementary School Social Sciences,Government - U.S. Government,History,Secondary School Social Sciences,Standards,Study & Teaching,Study and teaching (Elementary,Study and teaching (Elementary),Study and teaching (Secondary),United States,Current Events / American,History: theory & methods
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