History Textbooks Quotes

• Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship.

  James G. Watt

  Christian, Religious, Speech

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• I didn't see many female politicians on TV. I didn't see women in history textbooks, so I did geography, and art and English literature. But I know I must have been affected by not seeing women represented.

  Emma Watson

  Art, Female, Textbooks

  Interview with Geena Davis, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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• When I went to high school - that's about as far as I got - reading my U.S. history textbook, well, I got the history of the ruling class. I got the history of the generals and the industrialists and the presidents that didn't get caught. How 'bout you? I got all of the history of the people who owned the wealth of the country, but none of the history of the people that created it.

  Utah Phillips

  Country, Reading, School

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• I grew up on a farm with only two TV channels. I didn't grow up around much culture. When I got excited about painting, I never really got further than what would have been in a modern art history textbook.

  Neil Farber

  Art, Growing Up, Two

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• The religious foundations of America have been completely expurgated from our history textbooks.

  D. James Kennedy

  Christian, Religious, America

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• Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it is because of all the religious warnings Washington made in his 'Farewell Address.'

  David Barton

  Christian, Religious, Farewell

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• Fun-run" indeed,what a misnomer. That'd be like saying "calm gremlin" or "pleasant hag." Or 'entertaining history textbook.

  Kiersten White

  Running, Fun, Textbooks

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• It's a shame for women's history to be all about men--first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me of the way our school history textbooks were all about wars and elections, one war after another, with the dull periods of peace skimmed over whenever they occurred. (Our teachers deplored this and added extra units about social history and protest movements, but that was still the message of the books.)

  Elizabeth Kostova

  Teacher, War, Book

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• How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.

  Neal Shusterman

  War, Textbooks, Lasts

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; Unstrung: an Unwind Story; Unwholly”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• It appeared clear to me - partly because of the lies that filled my history textbooks - that the intent of formal education was to inculcate obedience to a social order that did not deserve my loyalty. Defiance seemed the only dignified response to the adult world.

  Timothy B. Tyson

  Loyalty, Lying, Order

  Timothy B. Tyson (2007). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, p.275, Broadway Books

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• The Temple of Dendur," Zia said. "Actually it was built by the Romans - " "When they occupied Egypt," Carter said, like this was delightful information. "Augustus commissioned it." "Yes," Zia said. "Fascinating," I murmured. "Would you two like to be left alone with a history textbook?

  Rick Riordan

  Egypt, Two, Textbooks

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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