MONTEFIORE: Simon Sebag Montefiore - his new book, "The World: A Family History Of Humanity," accompanied by a playlist on Spotify. Thanks so much for being with us. SIMON: Always lovely to talk ...

A world history book used in an Advanced Placement class is under review by a Florida school board over allegations it favors Islam at the expense of Christianity and Judaism.

Doug Murphy and Lee Boyland said although the Pearson World History textbook is “much improved” from the last edition, there are still some areas that ignore the “true history” of Islam.

The textbook is used at many high schools in Seminole County. Each school principal has been asked to address its use with world history teachers to make sure nothing is misinterpreted.

Ninth-graders in Brevard County will keep using a world history textbook, despite fierce debate over its chapter on Islam. The Pearson textbook came under fire in 2013 and again last month ...

To write these “Reading Like a Historian” essays, one each for every chapter of a U.S. and world history textbook, I drew on 20 years’ experience as a researcher of historical cognition, in ...

April 13, 2005 World History Textbooks ... Gilbert Sewall addressed the topic of teaching about the world after September 11. He outlined the 2004 American Textbook Council report, “W… read more ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. — Ninth-graders in Brevard County will keep using a world history textbook, despite fierce debate over its chapter on Islam. The Pearson textbook came under fire in 2013 and ...

We have attempted to craft the book in a balanced fashion. It is a world history, which means that coverage does not center on the United States or just on U.S.-defined interests. We designate a ...