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• West Publishing's United States History: In the Course of Human Events 1997    See also: "Tom-Tom Tommyrot."
• Glencoe's History of a Free Nation 1996    See also: "More Fake 'History' from Glencoe."
• Glencoe's History of a Free Nation 1998    See also: "More Fake 'History' from Glencoe."  See also: "Schoolbooks Teach Falsehoods and Feel-Good Myths About the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman."
• Prentice Hall's America: Pathways to the Present 2000    See also: "Schoolbooks Teach Falsehoods and Feel-Good Myths About the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman."
• Prentice Hall's The American Nation 2000    See also: "Taco Tales."  See also: "The Kwanzaa Hoax."  See also: "Glorifying Ignorance."  See also: "Schoolbooks Teach Falsehoods and Feel-Good Myths About the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman."
• Glencoe's American Odyssey: The United States in the 20th Century 1997    See "More Fake 'History' from Glencoe" and "More Fake 'History' from Glencoe."   See also: "How Evidence Discredits a Tale About Politically Correct Indians."
• Glencoe's American Odyssey: The United States in the 20th Century 1999    See "More Fake 'History' from Glencoe" and "More Fake 'History' from Glencoe."   See also: "How Evidence Discredits a Tale About Politically Correct Indians."

• Glencoe's Challenge of Freedom 1990    See "Recommended Reading."
• Walsworth's ". . . to form a more perfect union . . ." 1991    See "Advanced Fakery."
• Globe Fearon's Exploring American History 1994    See "Delivering a Double-Whammy."  See also: "Birdbrains."
• McDougal Littell's America's Past and Promise 1997    See also: "Crucify Her!"  See also: "The Erasing Fields."
• McDougal Littell's America's Past and Promise 1998    See also: "Crucify Her!"  See also: "The Erasing Fields."  See also: "Schoolbooks Teach Falsehoods and Feel-Good Myths About the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman."
• Glencoe's The American Journey 1998    See also: "More Fake 'History' from Glencoe."  See also: letter from Roland G. Downing in "Letters Received."  See also: "Schoolbooks Teach Falsehoods and Feel-Good Myths About the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman."
• Oxford University Press's A History of US 1999 (an eleven-book series)     See "Keeping an Eye on the Scams, Shams and Swindles."  See also: "Textbook-Writers Promote Religious Tales as 'History'."  See also: "Multi-Culti Joy."  See also: "More Hokum from Hakim."  See also: "Joy Hakim Should Not Write About the History of Europe."

• Merrill's The Human Experience 1990    See "How Textbooks Obscure and Distort the History of Slavery."
• McDougal Littell's Links Across Time and Place 1990    See "How Textbooks Obscure and Distort the History of Slavery."
• Harcourt Brace Jovanovich's World History: People and Nations 1990    See "How Textbooks Obscure and Distort the History of Slavery."
• Prentice Hall's World History: Patterns of Civilization 1991    See "How Textbooks Obscure and Distort the History of Slavery."
• Heath's World History: Perspectives on the Past 1992    See "How Textbooks Obscure and Distort the History of Slavery." See also: "Recommended Reading."
• Scott, Foresman's History and Life 1993    See "How Textbooks Obscure and Distort the History of Slavery."
• Glencoe's World History: The Human Experience 1994    See also: "Fostering Fundamentalism."
• Glencoe's Human Heritage: A World History 1995    See also: "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Prentice Hall World History: Connections to Today 1997    See also: "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Prentice Hall World History: Connections to Today 1999    See also: "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Glencoe's World History: The Human Experience 1999    See also: "The Flat-Earth Story -- Again."
• West's World History: The Human Odyssey 1998
• West's Modern World History 1999
• Glencoe's Human Heritage: A World History 1999    See also: "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Prentice Hall World History: Connections to Today 2001    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• McDougal Littell's World History: Patterns of Interaction 1999    See "Robin Who?" See also: "She Wasn't My Mother." See also: "Oh, Rigoberta!" See also: "Space Junk."
• McDougal Littell's Heath World History: Perspectives on the Past 1997    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Glencoe's Human Heritage: A World History 2001    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Prentice Hall World History: Connections to Today 2001    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Holt's World History: Continuity and Change 1999    See "Holt's 'Palestine' Stunt."

• Delos's Peoples and Places in World History 1993 (a two-book series)
• Houghton Mifflin's Across the Centuries 1994    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Houghton Mifflin's A Message of Ancient Days 1999    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Houghton Mifflin's Across the Centuries 1999    See "Houghton Mifflin's Islamic Connection."
• Houghton Mifflin's Across the Centuries 2003    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• McGraw-Hill's Ancient World 2000    See "Nothing Is Sacred but the Almighty Buck."
• Houghton Mifflin's A Message of Ancient Days 2003    See "Religious preaching makes these books unfit for use in public schools."
• Teachers' Curriculum Institute's History Alive! The Medieval World and Beyond 2005    See "How a Public School in Scottsdale, Arizona, Subjected Students to Islamic Indoctrination."

• Prentice Hall World Geography (Updated Edition) 1993    See also: "Recycling Stalinist 'History'."
• West's Geography 1995
• Prentice Hall World Geography 1995
• Glencoe World Geography 1995    See also: "What About the Wizards and Witches?"
• Glencoe World Geography 1997    See also: "How Vitaly Efimenko Is Enjoying Russia's 'Religious Revival'." See also: "Geographic Society Refuses to Tell Why Its Name Appears on a Trashy Text."
• Holt's World Geography Today 1997

• Prentice Hall's World Cultures: A Global Mosaic 1993    See also: "The Miracle-Mongers."  See also: "A Nasty Bit of Fake Demography."  See also: "Pakistan's Little Slaves."
• Fearon's World Geography and Cultures 1994
• Glencoe's Global Insights: People and Cultures 1994
• Prentice Hall's World Cultures: A Global Mosaic 1996    See also: "A Nasty Bit of Fake Demography."
• Volcano Press's It's the Law!: A Young Person's Guide to Our Legal System 1994
• West's Street Law: A Course in Practical Law 1994
• Globe Fearon's Global Studies 1997
• West's Street Law: A Course in Practical Law, sixth edition, 1999
• Prentice Hall's World Cultures: A Global Mosaic 1999    See also: "A Nasty Bit of Fake Demography."
• Prentice Hall's World Cultures: A Global Mosaic 2001    See also: "A Nasty Bit of Fake Demography."
• McDougal Littell's The Challenge of Terrorism 2003

• Silver Burdett Ginn's World Cultures 1995

• Holt Health 1994    See also: "Unacceptable Antics."  See also: "Leading Students into the Clutches of Quacks."  See also: "Rain-Forest Claptrap."
• Glencoe Health 1993    See also: "How a Glencoe 'Health' Textbook Promotes Psycho-Quackery."
• Glencoe Health 1996    See "Catching Up with Glencoe and the Flashback Quacks."
• Holt Health 1999    See also: "Rain-Forest Claptrap."

• Glencoe's AIDS Education 1993
• Glencoe's Teen Health 1996    See " 'Cultural' Nonsense."

• South-Western's Science Probe I 1997 and
  South-Western's Science Probe II 1997

• Prentice Hall's Motion, Forces, and Energy 1993    See also: "The Fake McCoy." See also: "Elegant Illusion and Shabby Fakery." See also: "Fun in the Tub."
• Prentice Hall's The Nature of Science 1993    See also: "It Isn't Even Wrong."
• Prentice Hall's Heat Energy 1993
• Prentice Hall's Evolution: Change Over Time 1993
• Prentice Hall's Heredity: The Code of Life 1993
• Prentice Hall's Electricity and Magnetism 1993
• Prentice Hall's Motion, Forces, and Energy 1994    See also: "The Fake McCoy." See also: "Elegant Illusion and Shabby Fakery." See also: "Fun in the Tub."
• Prentice Hall's The Nature of Science 1994    See also: "It Isn't Even Wrong."
• Prentice Hall's Evolution: Change Over Time 1994
• Prentice Hall's Heredity: The Code of Life 1994
• Prentice Hall's Electricity and Magnetism 1994
• Prentice Hall's Heat Energy 1994
• Holt's SciencePlus 1993 and 1997    See "Advanced Fakery."  See also: "Pandering."  See also: letter from Donald Yost in "Letters Received."
• Prentice Hall's Exploring the Universe 1997
• Prentice Hall Science Explorer 2000 (a fifteen-book series)    See "Another scam in Texas."  See also: "Pandering."  See also: "Prentice Hall Concocts a Fake Article and Ascribes It to The New York Times." See also: "More Fakery from Prentice Hall."
• Prentice Hall's Science Explorer, Texas Edition 2002 (a three-book series for grades 6, 7 and 8)    See "Another scam in Texas."

• Holt's Modern Earth Science 1998

• Prentice Hall Earth Science 1991    See "Fake 'History' That Is Flatly Wrong."
• Merrill's Focus on Earth Science 1989    See "How Did Merrill Do It?"
• Merrill Earth Science 1995    See also: "Wrong Again."
• Prentice Hall Exploring Earth Science 1995
• Glencoe Earth Science 1999

• Kendall/Hunt's PSSC Physics 1991    See also: "In the Land of the Midevening Sun."
• Addison-Wesley's Conceptual Physics 1992
• Heath Physics 1992
• J.M. LeBel's PHYSIC-AL: An Activity Approach to Physics 1994
• Addison-Wesley's Conceptual Physics 1997
• Addison Wesley Longman's Conceptual Physics 1999
• Prentice Hall's Physics 1997    See "Oops!"
• Holt Physics 1999    See "Now We Know."

• Kendall/Hunt's ChemCom: Chemistry in the Community, second edition, 1993    See also: "The Economics of Fantasyland."
• J.M. LeBel's Chemistry 2000 1996
• Prentice Hall Chemistry: Connections to Our Changing World 1996
• Holt's Chemistry: Visualizing Matter 1996
• Kendall/Hunt's ChemCom: Chemistry in the Community, third edition, 1998
• McDougal Littell's Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation 1996
• Addison-Wesley Chemistry 1997    See also: "Tigers, Toads and Tricks."
• Holt's Modern Chemistry 1999    See also: "Don't Drink the Water."
• Glencoe's Chemistry: Concepts and Applications 1997
• Glencoe's Merrill Chemistry 1998
• Glencoe's Chemistry: Concepts and Applications 2000
• Freeman's Chemistry in the Community: ChemCom, fourth edition, 2002

• Holt's Modern Biology 1989    See "Candid Statements and Unpleasant Truths."
• Prentice-Hall Biology 1990
• Merrill's Biology: The Dynamics of Life 1991    See also: "When the Shark Bites with His Teeth, Dear, Remember That It's All for the Best."
• Globe's Concepts in Modern Biology 1993    See also: "Globe Fearon's 'Up-to-Date' Fake."
• Holt's Biology: Visualizing Life 1994
• Glencoe's Biology: An Everyday Experience 1992    See also: "Follow the Bouncing Squid."
• Addison-Wesley Biology 1994    See also: "Chief Thunderbottom, the Panderer's Friend."  See also: "Addison-Wesley's Achievement."  See also: "Fonius Balonius."
• Heath's Biological Science: A Molecular Approach, seventh edition, 1996
• Glencoe's Biology: Living Systems 1994
• Glencoe's Biology: The Dynamics of Life 1995
• Holt's Biology: Principles and Explorations 1996    See also: "Examining Holt's Novel Nonsense."  See also: "Wrong Again."  See also: "Deep Breathing."
• Holt's Biology: Visualizing Life 1998
• Holt's Biology: Principles and Explorations 1998    See also: "Examining Holt's Novel Nonsense."  See also: "Wrong Again."  See also: "Deep Breathing."
• South-Western's Biology: A Community Context 1998
• Holt's Essentials of Biology 1998
• Kendall/Hunt's BSCS Biology: An Ecological Approach 1998
• Addison-Wesley Biology 1996    See also: "Addison-Wesley's Achievement."  See also: "Fonius Balonius."
• Fearon's Biology 1994
• Prentice Hall Biology: The Living Science 1998
• Addison Wesley Longman's Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley Biology: The Web of Life 1998    See also: "Fakery Squared."
• Pearson's Fearon's Biology 1998
• Glencoe's Biology: The Dynamics of Life 1998
• Glencoe's Biology: The Dynamics of Life, Texas edition, 1998
• Glencoe's Biology: An Everyday Experience 1999    See also: "Follow the Bouncing Squid."
• Glencoe's Biology: The Dynamics of Life 2000
• Pearson's Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley Biology: The Web of Life 2000    See also: "Fakery Squared."
• Glencoe's Biology: Living Systems 1998    See also: "Sexual Fantasies, Sexual Facts."

• Mosby's Structure & Function of the Body 1992

• Addison-Wesley Life Science 1989    See also: "Still No Answer from Either One."
• Silver Burdett & Ginn Life Science 1990
• Kendall/Hunt's Middle School Life Science 1991    See also: "Mr. Sparrow, Our Perky Pal" and "Old Paley Strikes Again."
• Merrill Life Science 1993    See also: "Why Is Merrill Peddling This Fake 'History'?"
• Heath's Life Science: The Challenge of Discovery 1991    See "Linda A. Warner Lays an Egg."
• Addison-Wesley's Science Insights: Exploring Living Things 1994    See also: "Addison-Wesley Extends the Quack Attack."  See also: "Deep Breathing."
• Addison-Wesley's Science Insights: Exploring Living Things 1996    See also: "Deep Breathing."
• Merrill Life Science 1995
• Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley Science Insights: Exploring Living Things 1999    See also: "On Wings of Ignorance."  See also: "Deep Breathing."
• Glencoe Life Science 1999
• Glencoe Science: Life Science 2002
• Glencoe Science: Life Science 2005

• Heath's Physical Science: The Challenge of Discovery 1991    See "Down in the Mud with Mark A. Carle."  See also: "It's Still the Same Travesty."
• Merrill Physical Science 1993    See "What a Shame!"
• Prentice Hall Exploring Physical Science 1995    See also: " 'Corrective Measures' " and "New Books for Old."  See also: "The Sandman Cometh."  See also: "Fun in the Tub."  See also: "It Isn't Even Wrong."  See also: "First the Hoopla -- Then the Whitewash."
• Addison-Wesley's Science Insights: Exploring Matter and Energy 1994
• Addison-Wesley's Science Insights: Exploring Matter and Energy 1996    See also: "Unilingual Education."
• Merrill Physical Science 1995
• Addison-Wesley's Science Insights: Exploring Matter and Energy, Texas edition, 1997
• Prentice Hall Exploring Physical Science 1999    See also: "Fun in the Tub."  See also: "It Isn't Even Wrong."  See also: "The Suckers Get No Mercy."  See also: "Sink, Sank, Sunk."  See also: "First the Hoopla -- Then the Whitewash."
• Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley Science Insights: Exploring Matter and Energy 1999    See "Sink, Sank, Sunk."

• Science Curriculum Inc.'s Introductory Physical Science, sixth edition, 1994
• Science Curriculum Inc.'s Introductory Physical Science, seventh edition, 1999
• Science Curriculum Inc.'s Force, Motion, and Energy 2002

• Addison-Wesley Secondary Math: Focus on Algebra 1996 and
  Addison-Wesley Secondary Math: Focus on Geometry 1996:
  See "Rain-Forest Algebra and MTV Geometry."
• Glencoe Pre-Algebra 1997    See also: "Keeping an Eye on the Scams, Shams and Swindles."  See also: "Time Warp."
• Glencoe Pre-Algebra 1999    See also: "Keeping an Eye on the Scams, Shams and Swindles."  See also: "Time Warp."
• Glencoe Pre-Algebra 2001
• Course 1 in the high-school series COMAP's Mathematics: Modeling Our World 1998
• Course 2 in the high-school series COMAP's Mathematics: Modeling Our World 1998
• Course 3 in the high-school series COMAP's Mathematics: Modeling Our World 1999

• Glencoe's Responsible Driving 1997    See also: "Meet Deaf Kitty."

• Kendall/Hunt's Global Science 1991
• Holt Environmental Science 1996
• Kendall/Hunt's Global Science 1996
• Addison Wesley Longman's Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley Environmental Science 1999    See "Keeping an Eye on the Scams, Shams and Swindles."
• Holt Environmental Science 2000
• Kendall/Hunt's Global Science 2000

• Brown's An Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life 1992    See also: "Tragedy Made Simple."
• Wadsworth's Biology: Concepts and Applications 1991
• Wadsworth's Biology: Concepts and Applications 1994
• Brown's Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships 1995
• Brown's Environmental Science: A Global Concern 1995
• Wadsworth's Environmental Science: Working with the Earth 1995
• Brown's Biology of Animals 1994
• Wadsworth's Marine Life and the Sea 1995
• Brown's Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology 1995
• Brown's An Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life 1996
• Kendall/Hunt's Project STAR 1993
• Wadsworth's Human Biology 1995
• Wadsworth's Essentials of Oceanography 1995
• Wadsworth's Horizons: Exploring the Universe 1995
• Wadsworth's Oceanography: An Introduction 1995
• Saunders's Biology, fourth edition, 1995
• Garland Publishing's Essential Cell Biology 1998
• Saunders's Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe 1998
• McGraw-Hill's Human Biology 1997
• Jones and Bartlett's Essential Genetics, second edition, 1999
• Benjamin/Cummings's Biology, fourth edition, 1996
• Everyday Learning's BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach 2001
• Prentice Hall's Environmental Science: The Way the World Works, seventh edition, 2000
• Garland Science's Essential Cell Biology, second edition, 2004
• Brooks/Cole's Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe, sixth edition, 2002

• Hawkhill's Evolution 1990
• Caterpillar, Inc.'s The Continuing Forest
• Scientists and the Alaska Oil Spill, produced by Exxon Company, U.S.A.
• What They Say About Hunting, produced by the National Shooting Sports Federation

• Empak Publishing's A Salute to Black Scientists and Inventors 1985    See "The Fake McCoy."
• Teen-Aid's Sexuality, Commitment & Family 1990
• Teen-Aid's Me, My World, My Future 1989
• National Standards for United States History (issued by the National Center for History in the Schools, under the direction of Charlotte Crabtree and Gary B. Nash) 1994    See "Victimist Delusions Are In. Science and Technology Are Out."  See also "Senate Denounces 'History Standards'; Federal-Standards Effort Appears Dead."
• The Earth Is Fine! Save Yourself! (a classroom poster issued by the National Anxiety Center) 1995
• Regnery Publishing's Darwin on Trial 1991    See "Cranking Away in Alabama."
• Simon & Schuster's Biology Teacher's Survival Guide 1993
• The Mysterious Origins of Man (a television program) 1996    See "NBC's 'Science' Hoax."
• "Balanced Between Seasons" (an article that promoted a nonsensical superstition in Education Week, 3 April 1996)    See "Eggs à la Dumb."
• Lifetime Learning's Amistad kit 1997
• African-American Baseline Essays (issued by the municipal school district of Portland, Oregon) 1989    See "Recalling the Portland Hoax."
• Africans in America: Teacher's Guide (issued by the WGBH Educational Foundation) 1998    See also: "So Much for History!"
• Haughton Publishing's Of Pandas and People 1989 and 1993    See also: "The 'Intelligent Design' Hoax."
• Little Known Black History Facts (issued by the McDonald's Corporation) 1999
• Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum (issued by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) 1998    See also: "Fostering Fundamentalism."
• The Official Kwanzaa Web Site    See "The Kwanzaa Hoax."
• ISLAM: A Simulation of Islamic History and Culture, 610-1100 (a curriculum manual issued by Interaction Publishers, Inc.) 1991
• Arab World Studies Notebook (published jointly by AWAIR (Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services) and by the Middle East Policy Council) 1998
• INTO ISLAM: An Introduction to the History of Islam (a curriculum manual issued by Interaction Publishers, Inc.) 2004    See also: "Simplistic Question, Valid Point."
• Pearson Education's Methods for Teaching Science as Inquiry 2005    See "Teaching Fake 'Science' to Teachers."
• 1421: The Year China Discovered America (issued by the William Morrow unit of HarperCollins Publishers) 2003    See "Discovering 1421."

• Garland Publishing's Molecular Biology of the Cell 1994
• Doubleday's Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women 1995    See "The Prophet's Women."
• Wiley's Exploratorium Science Snackbook series 1995,1996
• Investigating Plants (issued by the National Association of Biology Teachers) 1996
• "The 'Well Adjusted' Child" (an article from Woman's Day, 27 June 1995; recommended to science teachers and health-education teachers; exposes chiropractic quackery and tells how chiropractors have exploited public schools to recruit victims)
• "Electromagnetic Fields and Power Lines" (an article from Scientific American Science & Medicine, July-August 1995; recommended to science teachers and health-education teachers; discredits the pseudoscience and spooky claims associated with the superstition that electromagnetic fields cause cancers)
• "Female Circumcision Comes to America" (an article from The Atlantic Monthly, October 1995; recommended to teachers of cultural studies and teachers of modern American history; tells about female genital mutilation, a ritual practiced in African societies and among African immigrants to America)    See "Catching Up with FGM."
• "The Heat Is On" (an article from Harper's, December 1995; recommended to science teachers; describes how commercial organizations promote disinformation about global warming)
• "A Real Cool Con" (an article from Skeptical Inquirer, March-April 1997; recommended to science teachers; tells how to use a "defrosting tray" to teach some physics while exposing a commercial fraud)
• Academic Press's Encyclopedia of Fishes 1995    See "Recommended Reading."
• "Child Labor in Pakistan" (an article from The Atlantic Monthly, February 1996; recommended to teachers of geography and teachers of cultural studies)
• Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science (issued by the National Academy of Sciences) 1998
• Focus Publishing's Conceptual Physics for Parents and Teachers: volume 1, Mechanics 1998
• Losing Our Language: How Multicultural Classroom Instruction Is Undermining Our Children's Ability to Read, Write, and Reason (published by The Free Press) 1999    See also: "Losing Our Science."
• Jones and Bartlett's Evolution, third edition, 2000
• Pickett's Charge in History and Memory (issued by the University of North Carolina Press) 1997    See "Good Stuff for History Teachers."
• "Victory at Sea" (an article from The Atlantic Monthly, March 1999; recommended to history teachers; provides a superb account of naval combat during World War 2)
• "Would JFK Have Pulled Us Out of Vietnam?" (an article from American Heritage, September 1999; recommended to history teachers; gives an engaging account of a historian at work as he assesses the validity of historical evidence)    See "Good Stuff for History Teachers."
• "Sowing Seeds of Hatred" (an article from the New York Daily News, 30 March 2003; recommended to history teachers and social-studies teachers; describes Muslims' hostility toward Jews and Christians, as manifested in textbooks used in Muslim schools in the United States; will help teachers to expose and refute Muslim propaganda)    See "Muslim Schoolbooks."
• "Crusade Propaganda" (an article from the Web site of the National Review; recommended to history teachers; will help teachers to expose and refute Muslims' lies and distorted claims about the crusades)    See "Refuting Propaganda About the Crusades."
• Vintage Books' The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (paperback edition) 2004    See also: "They're Just Following Orders."   See also: "The Quota-Queens and the Empress."

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