A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

An old American History textbook inside Brighton High School in Brighton, Colo., on Feb. 21, 2019. Matthew Staver—The Washington Post via Getty Images The teaching of history has become a flashpoint ...

The “integration” of American history textbooks was an interesting part of the civil rights movement that has gone largely ignored. While American history was becoming more professional in the 1950s, ...

"Completely revised and updated"--Cover. Introduction: Something has gone very wrong --Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making -- 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- Truth ...

At a time when there’s a national debate over critical race theory and how much of America’s worst moments should be taught in American schools, a new book seeks to provide some context for how ...

The Dover Area School Board unanimously approved a new history textbook despite some board members having reservations and questions about the text containing biases. The book, "American History: ...

During a demonstration of the features of the “American History: Reconstruction to the Present” textbook, a Ramona Unified School District committee debated strategies of handling perceived political ...

In 1925, teachers at the Negro Manual and Training High School of Muskogee, Oklahoma, made what they thought was an appropriate choice of textbook: The Negro in Our History, by the Harvard-trained ...