Reports an investigation applying the criteria of balance as regards emphasis and space in textbooks and other instructional materials, and of accuracy of historical interpretation, to the treatment of two black leaders in elementary and secondary school curricula. (Author/JM)

Reports research intended to determine whether the multitude of instructional materials prepared as a result of the recent interest in Afro-American history were in agreement with recent historical scholarship. (Author/JM)

This paper examines the treatment of American Indians in six high school U.S. history textbooks, published 1990-95 and used in several geographically diverse private schools and one public school in New York. The study aimed to determine whether all sides of the stories that make up U.S. history were presented, to clarify what specific areas are…

Contends that social studies textbooks remain a basic source of information for students and they ascribe to texts the values of objectivity and truth. Concludes that, in spite of improvements in recent years, six major concerns about gender-related issues remain. (CFR)