Whose History? The Struggle for National Standards in American Classrooms

Name: Whose History? The Struggle for National Standards in American Classrooms
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ISBN: 9780807742310

ISBN-10: 0807742317

ISBN-13: 9780807742310

Edition: 2001

Authors: Linda Symcox

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This text traces the genealogy of the National History Standards Project from its origins as a neo-conservative reform movement, through 18 months of controversy and debate to the aftermath.

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 4/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.94" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



History Repeats Itself: Reform Cycles and the Social Studies Curriculum



Mapping an Alternative History: Shifting Historical Paradigms, 1960-1990



A Conservative Restoration, 1981-Present



Genesis of the National Center for History in the Schools and the National History Standards Project, 1987-1992



Forging Unity: The National History Standards Project, 1992-1994



The Consensus Unravels: The National History Standards in the Culture Wars, 1994-1996



Conclusion: Utopia Postponed



National History Standards Project Organizational Structure



Overview of the Thirty-One U.S. History Standards


Notes


References


Supplementary Bibliography


Index


About the Author