Bøger af Kyle Ward

Looking at the different ways textbooks from different eras present the same historical events, "Not Written in Stone" offers an abridged and annotated version of Kyle Ward's celebrated "History in the Making" specifically designed for classroom use. In each section, Ward provides an overview, questions for discussions and analysis, and then a fascinating chronological sampling of textbook excerpts that reveal the fascinating differences between different textbooks over time. Topics covered include: Images of Native Americans, Columbus' First Voyage, Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, Anne Hutchinson, Pequot War, Property Rights in the New World, Salem Witch-hunt, Boston Massacre, Lexington and Concord, The Battle of Trenton, George Rogers Clark, Women in the American Revolution, Shays' Rebellion, The Barbary Pirates, Sacagawea, Tecumseh and Harrison, Monroe Doctrine, The Alamo, The Trail of Tears, Andrew Jackson's Adoption, Start of the Mexican-American War, Mormons, Dred Scott, African-American Soldiers, Slavery, US-Dakota War of 1862, African-Americans during Reconstruction, Andrew Carnegie and the Homestead Strike, Wounded Knee Massacre, Immigrants, McKinley Assassination, Philippine-American War.

The popular, ';thought-provoking study' that explores how contemporary prejudices change the way each generation looks at the nation's past (Library Journal). Historian Kyle Ward, the acclaimed co-author ofHistory Lessons, offers another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we think about, write about, and teach our own history. Juxtaposing passages from US history textbooks of different eras,History in the Makingprovides new perspectives on familiar historical events, and sheds light on the ways they have been represented over generations. Covering subjects that span two hundred years, from Columbus's arrival to the Boston Massacre, from women's suffrage to Japanese internment,History in the Makingexposes the changing values, priorities, and points of view that have framedand reframedour past. ';Interesting and useful... convincingly illustrates how texts change as social and political attitudes evolve.' Booklist ';Students, teachers, and general readers will learn more about the past from these passages than from any single work, however current, that purports to monopolize the truth.' Ray Raphael, author ofFounding Myths

An edited collectio of the fascinatingly widely contrasting approaches to US history that can be found in the textbooks of other nations.