South Korean scholars boycott plan for state-issued history textbooks

Hundreds of South Korean scholars have declared they are boycotting the writing of state-issued history textbooks out of concern that that they will teach distorted views on the country's recent history.

Park Geun-hye of South Korea Defends Move to Issue State History Textbooks

The president argued that the government’s aim was partly to prevent the country from ever again being dominated by a foreign power.

South Korea considers state control over school history textbooks

“History should be taught in one way to avoid division of the people. At the moment, since there are various history textbooks, there can be confusion.”

‘Bite-sized’ history textbooks used in the UK accused of ‘dumbing down’ the subject: should we be worried?

History textbooks are designed for the “supposedly minimal attention spans” of today’s pupils, a prominent history teacher has said.

Sundays With The Christianists: American History Textbooks That Leave Reality To Other People

Time for another look at the ruinous near-decade of prosperity under Bill Clinton, as refracted through the Truthiness Lens of rightwing Christian textbooks.