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Author Symcox, Linda.

Title Whose history? : the struggle for national standards in American classrooms / Linda Symcox.

Publication Info. New York : Teachers College Press, [2002]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  907.1073 S986W    Check Shelf
Description xii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
Contents 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 of 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.
Subject History -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Curriculum planning -- United States.
Education -- Standards -- United States.
ISBN 0807742317 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780807742310 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0807742325 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780807742327 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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