[Assam] no bias please - school textbooks selections

[umesh sharma]

here are the details:

 sample  for World History textbooks     When judging textbooks, well thought-out objections put you on the attack and foes on the         defensive. Our standard review criteria give you this edge. They also         help rank textbooks fairly.
        Below are a few of our standard review criteria for    high school World   History textbooks. This is not a comprehensive course outline,         but a list of what textbooks often censor on major topics.
 
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  Prevent stereotypes of whites-as-oppressors and people-of-color-as-victims from slanting discussions  of Western imperialism by noting that: 

   Some sub-Saharan African peoples practiced human sacrifice (e.g., Ashanti, Dahomey).  The Aztecs and some other New World Indians engaged in cannibalism as well as human sacrifice.

  
    In the Columbian exchange, infection was a two-way street. A very lethal strain of syphilis, probably from America, killed many Europeans in the early 1500s. 

 
    Only the Christian West realized slavery was wrong and took the lead in abolishing it. 

 
    Manchu China was as culturally arrogant as the West.  Chinese emperors viewed  all foreign traders as barbarian bearers of tribute to whom they wished only to sell, not to buy,  demanding payment in silver. 

 
    The West demanded "extraterritoriality" because Chinese justice assumed guilt until proven innocent, used torture to extract confessions, and held whole groups responsible for acts of single members. 

 
   British rule brought peace and a common language (English) to deeply divided India, ended or opposed suttee, infanticide, and child marriage there, improved Indian health, education, and transportation systems, and merely added another caste to the existing system. 

 
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umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote: http://www.textbookreviews.org/index.html?content=tb_rvws.htm

Any comments about Indian history bias prevention?
As there any similar prescription  for NE Indian history's portrayal in Indian textbooks?

Umesh


Umesh Sharma

Washington D.C. 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)




www.gse.harvard.edu/iep  (where the above 2 are used )
http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/



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Umesh Sharma

Washington D.C. 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)




www.gse.harvard.edu/iep  (where the above 2 are used )
http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/



http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
       
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