Truth in Florida Textbooks Review Houghton Mifflin Harcourt United States History: Reconstruction to the Present, Florida Edition (2018) Problem: Omission of Fact (OF), Half-Truth (HT), Factual Error (FE), Slant (S), Bias (B), Incorrect Terminology (IT) OF means that there is additional useful information to help students learn complete history. The author/publisher has not deliberately omitted material to fulfill an agenda. means that the author/publisher has presented "half of the story" and has omitted the other half for agenda-based HT reasons. HT leads to slant and bias. Location Quote Problem Fact & Source Module 1, Opener Prologue The first attack of the Civil War took place FE Decades of growing strife between and South erupted in American Beginnings, on April 2, 1861. civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened Timeline fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Module1, Lesson1, Spanish His (Marco Polo) published account in FE The account was written in his lifetime. Marco Polo died in Colonies 1477 renewed interest. 1324. Encyclopedia Britannica Module1, Lesson1, Spanish Cortés made himself the of the Native FE/OF/S Cortes made friendships and allied with Indians using internal Colonies,Biography of Americans, but the daring conquistador dissensions of the Aztec to conquer the Aztecs. It is debatable Hernando Cortes had few friends among Spaniards either. whether these friendships were genuine or strategic. Module1, Lesson1, Spanish In 1542 the Spanish monarchy abolished it OF/HT The New Laws of 1542 gave the status of free men to the Colonies, Spanish (encomienda system). natives. However, this practice continued until 1717 when the explorations monarchy abolished it by royal decree. The system was still present in parts of the New World, like Mexico, until 1911. Module1, Lesson2, The The Townshend Acts FE In 1770, Parliament withdrew the Townshend Acts taxes except Road to Revolution Lifting of commercial duties on tea for the tax on tea. Tea now be exported from Britain to https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and- the colonies without any British taxes. timeline/1770-to-1772/
Truth in Florida Textbooks Review Houghton Mifflin Harcourt United States History: Reconstruction to the Present, Florida Edition (2018) Problem: Omission of Fact (OF), Half-Truth (HT), Factual Error (FE), Slant (S), Bias (B), Incorrect Terminology (IT) OF means that there is additional useful information to help students learn complete history. The author/publisher has not deliberately omitted material to fulfill an agenda. HT means that the author/publisher has presented "half of the story" and has omitted the other half for agenda-based reasons. HT leads to slant and bias. Location Quote Problem Fact & Source Module 1, Opener Prologue American Beginnings, Timeline The first attack of the Civil War took place on April 2, 1861. FE Decades of growing strife between and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Module1, Lesson1, Spanish Colonies His (Marco Polo) published account in 1477 renewed interest. FE The account was written in his lifetime. Marco Polo died in 1324. Encyclopedia Britannica Module1, Lesson1, Spanish Colonies,Biography of Hernando Cortes Cortés made himself the of the Native Americans, but the daring conquistador had few friends among Spaniards either. FE/OF/S Cortes made friendships and allied with Indians using internal dissensions of the Aztec to conquer the Aztecs. It is debatable whether these friendships were genuine or strategic. Module1, Lesson1, Spanish Colonies, Spanish explorations In 1542 the Spanish monarchy abolished it (encomienda system). OF/HT The New Laws of 1542 gave the status of free men to the natives. However, this practice continued until 1717 when the monarchy abolished it by royal decree. The system was still present in parts of the New World, like Mexico, until 1911. Module1, Lesson2, The Road to Revolution The Townshend Acts Lifting of commercial duties on tea Tea now be exported from Britain to the colonies without any British taxes. FE In 1770, Parliament withdrew the Townshend Acts taxes except for the tax on tea. https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and- timeline/1770-to-1772/
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