...John H. Bickford Purpose This content analysis examines the historical representation of Margaret Sanger within trade books. From the framework of the historiography, this paper unpacks how common curricular resources depict an American icon with a complicated past. Design/methodology/approach...

... and socioeconomic classes. No two books about the same woman were included because the study is not about one individual woman and dozens of biographies feature, for instance, Helen Keller and Rosa Parks. Our initial list was then lowered to 130. We sought to explore how historical representation contrasted...

... sources. Research suggests that misrepresentations appear often within history-based curricula, yet the majority of empirical studies have been completed on textbooks. The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical representation of Thomas Jefferson within trade books. Design/methodology...

... the historical representation of Abraham Lincoln, arguably the most consequential nineteenth-century American. Design/methodology/approach Data samples included trade books intended for early grades and middle grades students. These grade ranges were selected because these students have the least prior...

... for teachers inexperienced with the new expectations, yet, research indicates that historical inaccuracies and misrepresentations frequently emerge. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The authors’ inquiry explored trade books’ historical representation of Franklin Delano...

... misrepresentations, yet few empirical studies have been completed so more research is needed. Our research examined the historical representation of Eleanor Roosevelt within trade books for early and middle-grades students. Identified historical misrepresentations included minimized or omitted accounts...

... and enable educators to attain the rigorous prescriptions of Common Core. Emerald Publishing Limited 2014 Slavery children’s literature historical thinking primary source material historical representation methodology Social Studies Research and Practice www.socstrp.org Examining...