Bassett, Short History of the United States, 1921. Macmillan Company.
Beard, History of the United States, 1921. Macmillan Company.
Channing, Students’ History of the United States, 1915. Macmillan Company.
Thompson, History of the United States, 1917. B. H. Sanborn & Company.
Haworth, The United States in Our Own Times, 1920. Scribner’s Sons.
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In the opinion of your Committee none of these texts treat “any part of American history in a disloyal or unpatriotic manner.” All of the authors may be credited with a desire to assist in inculcating a loyal and patriotic Americanism.... Before attempting that judgment it has seemed necessary to agree upon a statement setting forth what we consider to be the essentials of “the best patriotism of American tradition....”
Possibly our effort to summarize and state these essentials has no place in this report, since it was in effect but a preliminary step necessary to a common point of view in examining the texts. Nevertheless our summary is here offered both as an indication of our procedure and as containing the points upon which the texts were judged.
In our opinion the “best patriotism of American tradition,” when conveyed by history textbooks should directly aid in establishing certain principles and ideals in the pupil’s mind. The more important of these we will list as follows:
(1) Pride in America and a Sense of Nationality.