Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Education
Abstract
This study looked at high school U.S. history textbooks published between the years 1981-2006 to see how they portrayed the Pacific War (1941-1945) to American students. The research methodology known as historiography was used to identify what has impacted the content of these textbooks during this time. This study looked at research conducted by academic historians, as well as academic professional journals and magazines, andEducational initiatives, all developed and used from 1981 to 2006, to see if any, or all of these areas had an impact on the content of U.S. high school history textbooks published during this time. This study concluded that U.S. history textbooks published from 1981 to 2006 were impacted mostly byEducational initiatives such as; 'A Nation at Risk,' 'the History Standards Movement' and 'No Child Left Behind,' and the concerns that many history teachers had about state-wide high-stakes testing. What academic historians and social studies/historyEducation researchers discovered during this same time period seemed to have little, or no effect on the content of U.S. history textbooks.
Recommended Citation
Ward, Kyle, "An Historiographical Analysis Of How United States History Textbooks Have Portrayed The Pacific War (1941€“1945) From 1981€“2006" (2007). All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 954.
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/etds/954