Two major weaknesses exist in secular history textbooks—the “dumbing down” of the text itself as publishers adjust to “short attention spans and non-readers” and the “increasing content bias and distortion” (Gilbert T. Sewall, American Textbook Council, senate testimony before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, September 24, 2003).

The overuse of colors and bright photographs tends to “overwhelm the text and confuse the page,” making it harder to read. But the distorted content is even more troubling.

Learn more about the changes being made to textbook content. And find out why publishers do what they do.

• The Textbook Trap
  • Do secular textbooks have errors?
  • Errors in science textbooks
  • Errors in history books
  • Examples of errors in secular textbooks
• The “Authors”
  • Who’s writing the secular textbooks?
  • How are secular textbooks compiled?
  • Why are textbooks compiled this way?
  • What happens when textbooks have no author?
• Censorship
  • How do secular publishers handle censorship?
  • Conservative Christian groups
  • Liberal and special interest groups
• What are they thinking?
  • Why do secular publishers do what they do?
  • The way it used to be in textbook publishing
  • The way it is now
• An Insider's Disclosure
  • What does an insider have to say about secular publishers and their agenda?
• Higher Standards
  • Measuring Christian textbooks against secular criteria
  • Informative articles on Christian education