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Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that
Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that
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2014-09-18
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Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that address the place of Native Americans within the history of the United States distort history to suit a particular cultural value system. In some textbooks, for example, settlers are pictured as more humane, complex, skillful, and wise than Native American. In essence, textbooks stereotype and deprecate the numerous Native American cultures while reinforcing the attitude that the European conquest of the New World denotes the superiority of European cultures. Although textbooks evaluate Native American architecture, political systems, and home-making, I contend that they do it from an ethnocentric, European perspective without recognizing that other perspectives are possible.
One argument against my contention asserts that, by nature, text- books are culturally biased and that I am simply underestimating children’s ability to see through these biases. Some researchers even claim that by the time students are in high school, they know they cannot take textbooks literally. Yet substantial evidence exists to the contrary. Two researchers, for example, have conducted studies that suggest that children’s attitudes about particular culture are strongly influenced by the textbooks used in schools. Given this, an ongoing, careful review of how school textbooks depict Native American is certainly warranted.
The primary purpose of the passage is to
选项
A、describe in detail one research study regarding the impact of history textbooks on children’ s attitudes and beliefs about certain cultures.
B、describe revisions that should be made to United States history textbooks.
C、discuss the difficulty of presenting an accurate history of the United States.
D、argue that textbooks used in schools stereotype Native Americans and influence children’s attitudes.
E、summarize ways in which some textbooks give distorted pictures of the political systems developed by various Native American groups.
答案
D
解析
主题题型:A.描述一研究细节。无。本文只给出研究成果。B.描述对历史课本的检查。只是文章结尾才提到此点必要性,并未加以描述。C.讨论描述正确历史的困难。无。D.正确。指出学校中所用课本用偏见看待印第安人,并对孩子们的态度形成影响。见原文L35,作者提出结论处。E.“Dolitical systems developed by various Native American groups”原文并未详述。
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