A teaching edition of the "thought-provoking study" History in the
Making, which explores how our view of the history changes over time
(Library Journal).
Kyle Ward's celebrated History in the Making struck a chord among
readers of popular history. "Interesting and useful," according to
Booklist, the book "convincingly illustrates how texts change as
social and political attitudes evolve." With excerpts from history
textbooks that span two hundred years, History in the Making looks at
the different ways textbooks from different eras interpret and present
the same historical events.
Not Written in Stone offers an abridged and annotated version of
History in the Making specifically designed for classroom use. In each
section, Ward provides an overview, questions for discussions and
analysis, and then a fascinating chronological sampling of textbook
excerpts which reveal the striking differences between textbooks over
time.
An exciting new teaching tool, Not Written in Stone is destined to
become a staple of classroom teaching about the American past.
"Students, teachers, and general readers will learn more about the past
from these passages than from any single work, however current, that
purports to monopolize the truth." --Ray Raphael, author of Founding
Myths
