World War II In Social Studies and Science Curricula.

Focuses on how World War II is taught in United States classrooms and the importance of imparting the knowledge of the results of modern warfare to pupils. Amount of information on nuclear radiation and the effect of its use in World War II in high school science textbooks; Results of national standards for teaching U.S. history developed by the National Center for History in the Schools, Social Sciences Division which were reviewed by the Council for Basic Education; Description of the Japanese perspective of World War II.