How White-Washed Textbooks Alter American History By Tom McLaughlin
"How baby boomers remember the sixties often determines how they view the world today. If they’re nostalgic over the fortieth anniversary of the “Summer of Love” in San Francisco’s Haight/Ashbury district and believe that changes in American culture resulting from the sixties have been largely positive, they probably consider themselves liberal and vote Democrat. If they have a generally negative view of those changes, they probably consider themselves conservative and vote Republican. When teaching the sixties in my 20th-century US History course, I’ve often started with this observation."
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I taught 5th grade for three years, from 1999 through 2002. The text books were appalling. They were written to sell to New York and California, the two biggest purchasers in the country. Most of the Social Studies books reminded me of "Animal Farm."
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