DR> The majority of textbooks available have a bias of some type. I
 DR> examined a lot of history textbooks over the years as a teacher, and
 DR> then more recently as a prospective homeschooler. Every book I see has
 DR> a bias. It either has a public bias (lots of mention of women in
 DR> history but giving a lot less space to the men in history, or leaving
 DR> out the Red Scare of the 1950s, or leaving out quite a bit else of
 DR> important history), or a religious bias. It would be difficult not to
 DR> have any sort of bias, because we're all humans. It's part of human
 DR> nature. 
 The 'Red Scare' isn't brought up.  Blacklisting fellow actors in
 Hollywood is included in this and nothing comes up.  Hitler's gradual
 elimination of certain classes of people is hardly brought to light.
 The Jews are brought to the forefront, which is well and good, but a
 student never gets a glimpse into his mental illness, or sick need for
 power.  We never hear about the collecting of American-Asian people
 rounded up and put into camps during World War I, 'for their own safety'.
 And where does anyone mention the Death March?  The only time *I* ever
 heard of that particular event was when a friend's grandfather told us
 about his experiences with it.
 But then, how can everything possibly be included?  News, big AND small,
 is being made *every* day...  Shoot, there I go again.  (g)  Trying to
 see both sides of the coin!  ;)
 
... "   I heard the news today...  Oh, Boy!" - Beatles
 *I* was personally frustrated as a child as none of our textbooks covered
 how certain words came about.  Country of origin, etc.  That, and I
 also wanted to know more about the origin of man.  Ex:  Teutonic as
 opposed to the Neandrethal, Celts, etc.  Same thing.  It was like
 banging my head on the wall!  :(
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