{"product_id":"not-written-in-stone-kyle-ward-9781595581440","title":"Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks","description":"\u003cb\u003eA teaching edition of the \"thought-provoking study\" \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores how our view of the history changes over time (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kyle Ward's celebrated \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e struck a chord among readers of popular history. \"Interesting and useful,\" according to\u003ci\u003e Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e, the book \"convincingly illustrates how texts change as social and political attitudes evolve.\" With excerpts from history textbooks that span two hundred years, \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the different ways textbooks from different eras interpret and present the same historical events. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Written in Stone\u003c\/i\u003e offers an abridged and annotated version of \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An exciting new teaching tool, \u003ci\u003eNot Written in Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become a staple of classroom teaching about the American past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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 \u003ci\u003eFounding Myths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kyle Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595581448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 63","brand":"Kyle Ward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052917977343,"sku":"9781595581440","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dea1ebc6-a81e-4d98-8b93-b6cf577ebb99.jpg?v=1685021371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-written-in-stone-kyle-ward-9781595581440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}