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History Teachers Look at Old History Textbooks (Patreon)

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This one was literally months in the making. I recorded around 7 hours of footage and cut it down to 48 minutes. 

I doubt this video actually does that well, but it was a labor of love. It's my first true historiography video, looking at the history of how we studied history, and through the lens of American history because of course! However, in this video, I just focused on the content. The historical events the books actually describe and how they describe them.

To narrow it down, I decided to focus on five events in American history:

1. The War of 1812

2. The main causes of the America Civil War

3. The presidency of Ulysses Grant (so not the stuff about when he was a general during the war)

4. The Philippine–American War

5. The Gulf of Tonkin incident

The results are somewhat surprising. I hope you enjoy it!



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Looking At Old History Textbooks

Mr. Beat and many of his friends analyze dozens of old American history textbooks, going back all the way to 1825. To view many of these same textbooks: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:00aep6688m Please consider subscribing to or supporting everyone who appeared in this video: (In order of appearance): @The Daily Bellringer @Anti-Social Studies @Drawn of History Kings of Democracy podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/549118 Check out Travis Sing's work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-sing-1522071a7/ A special thanks to Andy Gilner and Mike "Mac" McClellan for appearing in this video, their insights, and loaning a bunch of old American history textbooks. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @DivKidVideo and @Electric Needle Room(Mr. Beat's band). Sources/further reading: https://time.com/5013943/john-kelly-civil-war-textbooks/ https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2191&context=etd https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html http://www.textbookland.com/textbook-industry https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/ https://www.npr.org/2020/01/13/795995543/analysis-finds-big-differences-in-school-textbooks-in-states-with-differing-poli https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/26/texas-textbooks-national-influence-is-a-myth/ https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/04/twisted-sources-how-confederate-propaganda-ended-souths-schoolbooks https://archive.org/details/measuringrodtot00ruth https://guides.library.harvard.edu/gse/specialcollections/historicaltextbooks https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/04/twisted-sources-how-confederate-propaganda-ended-souths-schoolbooks For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #history #historyteacher #socialstudies

Comments

Adam Christians

Ah... history books, the only part of school I liked as a kid.

Devin Canada

Well i learned i was tought diffrently as far as the cause of the Civil war, i was tought in elementary school that it was caused by slavery, and that was the only cause tought till highschool when the teacher would say Slavery wasnt the soul cause. but we had to spend a lot of focus on the cotton gen which was tide in with the industrial revolution were i got bored and had the lowest grade in history. I was never thought the Token Incident at all. and the only thing mentioned about Grant in class was that he was a incompadent president.