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2018
Volume 101, Issue 6
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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Using critical multicultural analysis and a justice-oriented approach to teaching history, this study analyzes the portrayal of George Washington in children’s biographies.

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