{"product_id":"not-written-in-stone-learning-and-unlearning-american-history-through-200-years-of-textbooks-9781595581440","title":"Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks","description":"\u003cb\u003eA teaching edition of the \"thought-provoking study\" \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores how our view of the history changes over time (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kyle Ward's celebrated \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e struck a chord among readers of popular history. \"Interesting and useful,\" according to\u003ci\u003e Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e, the book \"convincingly illustrates how texts change as social and political attitudes evolve.\" With excerpts from history textbooks that span two hundred years, \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the different ways textbooks from different eras interpret and present the same historical events. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Written in Stone\u003c\/i\u003e offers an abridged and annotated version of \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e specifically designed for classroom use. In each section, Ward provides an overview, questions for discussions and analysis, and then a fascinating chronological sampling of textbook excerpts which reveal the striking differences between textbooks over time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An exciting new teaching tool, \u003ci\u003eNot Written in Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become a staple of classroom teaching about the American past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Students, teachers, and general readers will learn more about the past from these passages than from any single work, however current, that purports to monopolize the truth.\" --Ray Raphael, author of \u003ci\u003eFounding Myths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2571276\"\u003eKyle Ward\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595581448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036000\"\u003eUnited States | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS035000\"\u003eStudy \u0026amp; Teaching\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS016000\"\u003eHistoriography\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKyle Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of Social Studies Education at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Over the past twenty years, he has worked as both a high school social studies teacher and a professor of history and social studies methods at the university level. The co-author (with Dana Lindaman) of \u003ci\u003eHistory Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Glory, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pacific War and History Textbooks, \u003c\/i\u003e he lives in Sartell, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44498653446381,"sku":"9781595581440","price":26.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_546332a3-cbca-420b-9e7a-a559c34a8d23.jpg?v=1700964549","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/not-written-in-stone-learning-and-unlearning-american-history-through-200-years-of-textbooks-9781595581440","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}