PROJECT: An app that highlights and informs teachers, students and parents of the inaccuracies and Ethno/Eurocentric biases in history textbooks used in their districts classrooms.
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Creative Inspirations
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Snopes fact checks news stories and events presented online through social media outlets
Through Indian Eyes looks at and reviews published texts on Indian peoples and provides critical analysis on the inaccuracies presented within these texts that are used in children's education. This books is curated by Native parents, educators, poets, and writers, and provides non-biased material about Native peoples.
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Focus on an unbiased narrative of Native History
Restores equity of history's voice for Native history
Historical correction of Howard Zinn
Fought against the "great men in high places" thought of teaching history in favor of "street level" perspective of history
Tracks calories and allows you to access a database of nutrition information and gives you suggested nutrition goals
Scans barcodes to provide nutritional info. Same idea for scanning ISBN codes to access textbook database?
The AHA is dedicated to reconsidering and re-evaluating introductory college history courses to better serve students of all backgrounds
Fact checks live political events in real time by utilizing trusted news sources
Fact check component important to project. Instead of sourcing from news media, source from group of diverse history experts
Has a rating system for different foods. Rating system for different textbooks based on rubric(biased/unbiased, relevancy, omission of facts)