This study examines how secondary U. S. history teachers utilize textbooks. The research builds upon a previous study that provided evidence that several U. S. history textbooks failed to raise questions concerning democratic ideals of justice and equality when addressing the internment of the Japanese during World War II. The present study centers on the difference between the text and the text in use.
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