If you look a a regular U.S.history textbook, or any history textbook for that matter, from a highschool, and you do some research, you can pretty much tell that the textbook is half baked. Why is this? Is it so the U.S. can look good and generations can be patriotic, and they wont grow up rebeling against the country. Or is it that the history of the U.S. history is to gory for detail, Im not exactly sure, but either way, you tell me.
2006-07-28 21:27:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
No country provides it's pupils with the truth. Now that you've noticed however you are one step away from knowledge.
2006-07-28 21:36:19 · answer #1 · answered by Bill(56 yrs old) 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
At least we have the forum to debate without getting thrown in prison or killed in this country. Broaden your studies, and you will find out that it is a lot worse around the world. Do you believe the holocaust never happened? A lot of countries claim it never did. What is the truth? What about the real truth about slavery or the Civil War? Does that mean that the Civil War was fought over state's rights instead of slavery? All text books say it was about slavery. Are they wrong? Why ask, like many others do here, questions that can be dated till you are blue in the face. Because we can, and that is what makes are country so great.
2006-07-29 04:45:50 · answer #2 · answered by haterade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No each book's perspective is skewed by that of the author. Some are more skewed than others.
However, in more recent years, educators have be more concerned about making sure that students get as much of the "full picture" as they can share.
There's never enough information in one textbook or enough time in one course to cover all of US history.
That's why additional history courses and literature were created especially when it comes to the details about African-Americans and other minority group contributions and accomplishments in the US.
2006-07-29 04:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by anosey1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, of course not. They can only fit so much in those books and often they are slanted towards the authors' point of view. If you have a really great teacher though, he or she will tell you cool stories that aren't in the books. If you can get into advanced placement history, you will receive a lot more information too. To fill in the rest of the gaps, I suggest watching the History channel and reading biographies and autobiographies of famous persons who were a part of U.S. Historyl
2006-07-29 04:34:58 · answer #4 · answered by runningviolin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Textbooks are designed to give just part of the story; just enough to be informative but not enough to be precise. I am gladdened, however, to see that you have done some research. That is precisely the intent; arouse enough curiosity for someone with ambition to seek out the rest of the story. Kudos to you, friend! Learn all you can and maybe the mistakes we seem to keep making will some day not be made again!
2006-07-29 04:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is, all history textbooks are biased. Go to China and their history books will talk about how we persecuted them and blah blah blah whereas ours talk about the red communists, etc. History is almost as difficult to pin down as the future; everyone has a different side to the story of the events that took place.
2006-07-29 04:33:14 · answer #6 · answered by lc_frosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen how big textbooks are? Now think about including Everything in there. Kids wouldn't be able to carry them.. Maybe the books only have bits in them to get them interested enough in the subject for the teacher to go on about it in such ways as a discussion or project.
2006-07-29 04:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by LovinMyBabyBoys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In history class today you won't learn half of even our parents learned because of some missguided concept that we are horrible people and we should be ashamed of who we are, but when the schools don't teach that the first thanksgiving was after they gave up "common course and condition" or that the Pilgrams even came here for religious freedom because they weren't free to practice their beliefs you aren't going to get facts in history
2006-07-29 04:45:59 · answer #8 · answered by .45 Peacemaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its just like religion...they want you to believe what they want ... not about the truth. History will always repeat itself and that powerful knowledge that they don't want everyone to know(knowledge is power). The closer you fit into the mold the more control they have over you. Do all the research you can and encourage others to do the same...and make your own choices!!!
2006-07-29 04:37:27 · answer #9 · answered by budlowsbro420 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, if you want the full truth on a certain subject in history, try your public library or an Internet search. Schools stopped REALLY teaching in the late 1970's.
2006-07-29 04:32:44 · answer #10 · answered by Daydream Believer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's he who wins the battle that gets to write the history.
2006-07-29 04:31:12 · answer #11 · answered by Heathery Lane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋