My Son's Textbook "Screws" Ronald Reagan and John Paul II

The Lid ^ | 3/11/2010 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

I have spent much time during the past few evenings helping my son study for his History test later in the week. As I worked with him through his studies, I found that his class is presenting a new version of History, a version that never occurred. And while you can make a case for different interpretations of events that happened centuries ago, his text book and curriculum distorts events that I saw with my own eyes.

The Book in question is published by McDougal Littell and is called World History Patterns of Interaction. The test covers much of the period from the end of WWII through the 1980's. It sets up the Cold War period with the mistaken explanation that both sides were aggressors. On page 983 it says "both sides believed that they needed to stop the other side from extending its power, rather than a what it was, a battle between the Soviet side wanting to expand its communist philosophy across the world and the west trying to prevent the takeover."

[mnehring]

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[utherdoul]

what else is new? This is why children shouldn’t be taught history out of textbooks. The internet is a far better teacher about history than the classroom.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

You cannot expect anything else in our “socialist public school system”.....

[highlander_UW]

Liberals are showing to all the world why government should have no place in education.

[SkyDancer]

From the Public Indoctrination Centers formally called public schools ...

[MrEdd]

John Paul II did some very good things, but he also did things that forever tarnished not only himself, but all of Catholicism.

Quietly forgetting him is the kindest thing that can be done for him.

[combat_boots]

Publishing houses choose their employees from universities and education factories, so why expect something different. IIRC, a California textbook at one time taught that Muslims were here before Columbus. There are mandated, week-long practices in various school districts across the country that have students ‘practice’ Islam, say prayers, study Islam, etc., in which students recite the Shahada every day.

[DJ MacWoW]

Public schools are indoctrination facilities. Send a child there at your own risk. You want a kid to learn the truth, it won’t happen at a government run school.

[Michael.SF.]

From the link we have:

On page 983 it says "both sides believed that they needed to stop the other side from extending its power, rather than a what it was, a battle between the Soviet side wanting to expand its communist philosophy across the world and the west trying to prevent the takeover."

Am I missing something here? I have no issue with that quote, which if I read the article correctly is supoposed to be an example of the published misinformation (other examples later in the article are better).

[La Lydia]

Interesting that there are no authors listed for that book on the book. It was written by mystery people.

[epluribus_2]

He is not called John Paul the Great for nothing. Changed the course of history. No amount of anticatholic propaganda will ever change that.

[La Lydia]

Found the authors: ROGER B. BECK is Professor of African and World History at Eastern Illinois University; Linda Black is a student of “gender and world history,” at Texas A&M and Larry S. Krieger is “a published author of young adult books.” So, two writers with a PC axe to grind, and an author of books for children.

[Servant of the Cross]

but he also did things that forever tarnished not only himself, but all of Catholicism.

Nice innuendo there without source. IMO, it is very likely that the Catholic Church will eventually beatify Pope John Paul II as a Saint of the Church and formally as John Paul II the Great! (which he's already known as among 'serious' Catholics).

You are correct though, you may be kind and quietly forget him. Catholics would appreciate that.

[Misterioso]

It sets up the Cold War period with the mistaken explanation that both sides were aggressors. On page 983 it says "both sides believed that they needed to stop the other side from extending its power, rather than a what it was, a battle between the Soviet side wanting to expand its communist philosophy across the world and the west trying to prevent the takeover."

The operative phrase here is both sides believed and I find nothing wrong with that description. This article is without merit, whatever shortcomings the book has.

[NavyCanDo]

Lesson here is for you as a parent to teach them at home what they will not be getting at school. I do after-schooling with my second grader.

A great non-politically corrected series of teaching books are: “What Your Second Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Second Grade Education”

And the writer has one for each grade.

http://www.amazon.com/What-Your-Second-Grader-Needs/dp/038531843X

[Servant of the Cross]

You cannot expect anything else in our “socialist public school system”....

Yep, flee Government Schools! As fast as you can! Do not subject your children to this brainwashing.

[Servant of the Cross]

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[avacado]

On page 983 it says "both sides believed that they needed to stop the other side from extending its power, rather than a what it was, a battle between the Soviet side wanting to expand its communist philosophy across the world and the west trying to prevent the takeover."

What is wrong with the above?

[Servant of the Cross]

GMTA!