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American Indians at Wounded Knee in Current U.S. History High School Textbooks: Discourse Analysis Using the Appraisal Judgment System


Michael W. Simpson


University of Wisconsin, Madison - School of Education; University of Wisconsin, Madison - Law School
August 4, 2010


Abstract:     
Discourse analysis of two currently popular U.S. history textbooks that applies the Systemic functional Linguistics based APPRAISAL system to determine judments made about American Indian peoples.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 12

Keywords: textbooks, American Indians, discourse analysis, curriculum, Native American, schooling

JEL Classification: I2, I21, I29, J7, N41, Z00

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Date posted: August 4, 2010 ; Last revised: August 7, 2010

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Simpson, Michael W. , American Indians at Wounded Knee in Current U.S. History High School Textbooks: Discourse Analysis Using the Appraisal Judgment System (August 4, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1653223 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1653223

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Michael W. Simpson (Contact Author)
University of Wisconsin, Madison - School of Education ( email )
Madison, WI 53706
United States
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Law School ( email )
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
United States
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