Tackling Trump: Contemporary Politics and the Creation of Official Knowledge.
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| Title: | Tackling Trump: Contemporary Politics and the Creation of Official Knowledge. |
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| Authors: | Journell, Wayne (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Social Studies. Mar/Apr2025, Vol. 116 Issue 2, p75-87. 13p. |
| Subjects: | Trump, Donald, 1946-, History textbooks, Author-publisher relations, History of publishing, United States history, Textbooks |
| Abstract: | Textbooks remain important curricular resources in K-12 classrooms. However, the narratives they provide are not neutral and often influenced by external forces. Extant research has shown that history textbooks often present whitewashed and heavily biased accounts of the past; however, less is known about how textbook authors and publishers depict recent historical events, particularly those that remain politically contentious. In this study, I analyze how four recently published U.S. history textbooks depict the Trump era. I found that the textbooks varied in their explicit criticisms of Trump, even when describing his dispositions and attacks on democratic norms, with the textbook aimed specifically at K-12 students normalizing Trump to a greater extent than the textbooks written for college undergraduates and advanced K-12 students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Textbooks remain important curricular resources in K-12 classrooms. However, the narratives they provide are not neutral and often influenced by external forces. Extant research has shown that history textbooks often present whitewashed and heavily biased accounts of the past; however, less is known about how textbook authors and publishers depict recent historical events, particularly those that remain politically contentious. In this study, I analyze how four recently published U.S. history textbooks depict the Trump era. I found that the textbooks varied in their explicit criticisms of Trump, even when describing his dispositions and attacks on democratic norms, with the textbook aimed specifically at K-12 students normalizing Trump to a greater extent than the textbooks written for college undergraduates and advanced K-12 students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00377996 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00377996.2024.2361450 |
