학술논문
How Texas Politicized American History.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Subject
*EDUCATION policy
*EDUCATION & politics
*HISTORICAL revisionism
TEXAS. State Board of Education
UNITED States history education
TEXAS state politics & government, 1951-
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Language
ISSN
0022-5169
Abstract
The article explores how the decision by the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) to adopt the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills social studies standards has influenced the secondary study of American History throughout the United States. The Republican-biased SBOE made significant changes to approved curriculum content based on political ideologies. Subjects explored include the historical importance of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, McCarthyism and the Cold War, and historical revisionism.