Censorship in History Textbooks: How Knowledge of the Past is Being Constructed in Schools

Authors

Tyler Brunner

Faculty Sponsor

Molly DesJardins, Fritz Fischer

Abstract

Pressure groups organized around political correctness and religious conservatism lead textbook publishers to self-censor. Such self-censorship ultimately results in dry, unenlightening textbooks. Lifeless material draws education away from more developed forms of teaching history. This study demonstrates how textbook publishers' censoring textbooks fosters a teaching of history that degrades knowledge and promotes specific ideologies.

Recommended Citation

Brunner, Tyler (2013) "Censorship in History Textbooks: How Knowledge of the Past is Being Constructed in Schools," Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado: Vol. 3: No. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://digscholarship.unco.edu/urj/vol3/iss2/9