Truth in California Textbooks Review McGraw Hill IMPACT: California Social Studies, 5th Grade, US History: Making a New Nation/2009 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 Research Under World Events (bottom OF Reviewer suggests adding: 1000 BCE King David establishes Jerusalem as the Companion (RC) timeline) is missing data for capital of the Kingdom of Israel to the World Events line Lesson 1; Page 2 Jerusalem Ancient History Encyclopedia Timeline at bottom of page RC Lesson 1 Page Many scientists today believe OF Inasmuch as there is no source for this statement, this Reviewer suggests that the 8 Paragraph 1, that they reached North America Editor preface with something as simple as to” plus a source. “According sentence 2 by a land bridge from Asia that formed when sea levels dropped during the last ice age RC Lesson 1 Pg such evidence, they reach IT The word is too firm. In the next few paragraphs the writer indicates ‘conclusion’ 10 Paragraph 1, conclusions about how ancient that archaeologists have varying opinions about many subjects. The Reviewer 2nd sentence peoples lived. suggests using a different word, such as ideas or theories. RC Lesson 1 Pg The first civilization to develop FE The first people were Huastecas and other proto-Maya cultures in Mexico in 2000 11 3rd paragraph in the Western hemisphere was BCE started by the Olmec people. Pg 12 Second In cities such as Uxmal, Tikal OF In the discussion regarding Mayan culture, the practice of slavery and human and paragraph, second and Copan, the Mayan built animal sacrifice has been omitted. Children were especially valued as sacrificial sentence palaces for their rulers and huge because of their innocence. pyramids to honor their gods. Mayaincaaztec.com
Truth in California Textbooks Review McGraw Hill IMPACT: California Social Studies, 5th Grade, US History: Making a New Nation/2009 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 Research Companion (RC) Lesson 1; Page 2 Timeline at bottom of page Under World Events (bottom timeline) is missing data for Jerusalem OF Reviewer suggests adding: 1000 BCE King David establishes Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel to the World Events line Ancient History Encyclopedia RC Lesson 1 Page 8 Paragraph 1, sentence 2 Many scientists today believe that they reached North America by a land bridge from Asia that formed when sea levels dropped during the last ice age OF Inasmuch as there is no source for this statement, this Reviewer suggests that the Editor preface with something as simple as “According to” plus a source. RC Lesson 1 Pg 10 Paragraph 1, 2nd sentence such evidence, they reach conclusions about how ancient peoples lived. IT The word ‘conclusion’ is too firm. In the next few paragraphs the writer indicates that archaeologists have varying opinions about many subjects. The Reviewer suggests using a different word, such as ideas or theories. RC Lesson 1 Pg 11 3rd paragraph The first civilization to develop in the Western hemisphere was started by the Olmec people. FE The first people were Huastecas and other proto-Maya cultures in Mexico in 2000 BCE Pg 12 Second paragraph, second sentence In cities such as Uxmal, Tikal and Copan, the Mayan built palaces for their rulers and huge pyramids to honor their gods. OF In the discussion regarding Mayan culture, the practice of slavery and human and animal sacrifice has been omitted. Children were especially valued as sacrificial because of their innocence. Mayaincaaztec.com
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