Loewen, John Brown and Abraham Lincoln

The Invisibility of Racism in American Textbooks

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Big Question: 
What if the resource materials that are provided for a history class are racist or bias? How would we approach teaching the material?

This website offers audio clips and evidence on a Texas textbook company's debacle with the Texas State Board of Education. Because of the argument that Mexican-American culture is a threat to American democracy. 

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