General Comments
6 general comments
First picture of the Capitol building, caption read”President Donald Trump Cheered the take over” Where you not listing, he condemned it. You can do better than that.
This text is extremely tone deaf and literally false. To refer to the slave masters who raped, killed, abused, and dehumanized enslaved africans as simply “planters” and the kidnapped African slaves as “enslaved laborers” is insane and is not historically accurate. Furthermore, to refer to enslaved peoples fighting for their freedom as “rebels” like its the revolutionary war is incredibly ignorant and dumb. Fix this or I will ensure my school does not use these texts ever again
Seeing how biased this chapter is makes me severely question the credibility and honesty of the other chapters. Making the introduction primarily about January 6th and unable to comment on really says something, and using quotes from Donald Trump out of context without including him saying: “remain peaceful. No violence!” shows bias. What makes all of this even worse is that there is nothing in this chapter about the BLM riots that caused at least $1-2 billion in property damage, only calling them “Protests”, “Marches”, and “Demonstrations”. Leaving out the fact of violence in these riots and portraying them as peaceful is complete misinformation. It’s a history textbook, you can’t be subjective!
I’ve got one… intro by talking about 9/11. It’s a way more important event in this time period, it had far-reaching consequences that were addressed throughout this chapter, and frankly, it’s a lot less polarizing. It’s 2024, there’s no way to take an unbiased stand on Trump. Absolutely, we should talk about his presidency and Biden’s later on in the chapter, but let’s start with the most important stuff without letting politics get in the way.
Is there a reason why the entire near forty-year period covered in this chapter is best introduced with a frankly one-sided and polarized account of Jan 6? In this entire textbook, not one president has been covered in such a negative light — not Andrew Johnson, not Andrew Jackson, not Harding or Buchanan or Hoover or any of them, and yet we kick off this chapter by dragging Donald Trump through the mud in a massive way.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t talk about Jan 6, but honestly this introduction makes me not really trust the rest of this chapter because it seems to be the opposite of an unbiased and informational account.
[on other hand]
In paragraph 42, “the” is missing from the above phrase.
So the Chicano gangs that reside in prisons and jails?
So from my understanding, was this the catalyst act for the Civil Rights Movement?
Was the U.S. allies with Turkey? Or was storing missiles in Turkey a way for the U.S. to say to Turkey or the Soviet Union “don’t mess with us”?
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Some of the paragraphs the text size is smaller then others for not apparent reason.
I don’t know if there is way to fix that but, if possible please try.
It would be fantastic if there were instructor resources (quiz questions, etc.) available as well.
It would be useful to include in the primary sources for Chapter 6, the US Constitution, since so much of that chapter is dedicated to that document. It would also be nice to include a selection from The Federalist Papers so students can understand the framing of the debate over the Constitution. Given the polarized nature of the electorate today, perhaps Federalist 10 would serve the purpose.
It would be great if you could highlight the text and underline it, as if it were a real textbook. Having a toolbar that allows you to take notes like you do in a physical book would be utterly helpful.
Where are the page numbers? I am using the online text for class, and we are asked to site directly from the text. However, unless I am missing something, the online text does not have a convenient way to find the page numbers.
It would be wonderful to have text-to-speech function for the text and textual sources. Many of my students commute, are ESL, or have other accessibility issues. Also, they would learn pronunciations, as well.