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The Trouble with Textbooks [electronic resource] : Distorting History and Religion.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739130957 (electronic bk.)
  • 0739130951 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trouble with Textbooks : Distorting History and Religion.DDC classification:
  • 909.04924071
LOC classification:
  • LB3045.6 .T63 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; title page; copyright page; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE Textbooks Are in Trouble; CHAPTER TWO When the Textbook Is Not Enough: Supplemental Materials, Teacher Trainings, and More; CHAPTER THREE Learning about Jewish Origins: Stereotypes of Jews; CHAPTER FOUR Jews, Judaism, and Christianity; CHAPTER FIVE Double Standards in Teaching about Judaism Compared to Islam; CHAPTER SIX The Ancient History of Israel; CHAPTER SEVEN The Founding of Israel: Rights to the Land, War and Refugees; CHAPTER EIGHT Terrorism and Internal Conflict; CHAPTER NINE Conclusion; CHAPTER TEN Methodology.
Appendix A Textbooks Reviewed by Publisher Parent CompanyAppendix B Imprints of Major Textbook Publishing Corporations; Appendix C Textbook Usage Survey: Extent of Usage by Publisher Parent Company; Appendix D Outline of the Arab Narrative; Notes; Index; About the Authors.
Summary: Our elementary, middle, and high school teaching about Jews, Judaism, and Israel is driven by textbook misstatements about Jewish theology, social structure, and the history of Israel that comprise an unsavory picture of Jews and Israel. This book will be an extremely valuable reference tool for educators and members of the public interested in religion and the Middle East.
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Cover; title page; copyright page; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE Textbooks Are in Trouble; CHAPTER TWO When the Textbook Is Not Enough: Supplemental Materials, Teacher Trainings, and More; CHAPTER THREE Learning about Jewish Origins: Stereotypes of Jews; CHAPTER FOUR Jews, Judaism, and Christianity; CHAPTER FIVE Double Standards in Teaching about Judaism Compared to Islam; CHAPTER SIX The Ancient History of Israel; CHAPTER SEVEN The Founding of Israel: Rights to the Land, War and Refugees; CHAPTER EIGHT Terrorism and Internal Conflict; CHAPTER NINE Conclusion; CHAPTER TEN Methodology.

Appendix A Textbooks Reviewed by Publisher Parent CompanyAppendix B Imprints of Major Textbook Publishing Corporations; Appendix C Textbook Usage Survey: Extent of Usage by Publisher Parent Company; Appendix D Outline of the Arab Narrative; Notes; Index; About the Authors.

Our elementary, middle, and high school teaching about Jews, Judaism, and Israel is driven by textbook misstatements about Jewish theology, social structure, and the history of Israel that comprise an unsavory picture of Jews and Israel. This book will be an extremely valuable reference tool for educators and members of the public interested in religion and the Middle East.

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