Between Absence and Stereotype: Judaism in PK-12 History Standards

• In Event: Education amid an Era of Rising White Christian Nationalism and Political Extremism

Abstract

This standards analysis examines the ways that Judaism is framed in the elementary and secondary history content standards of American public schools. Judaism is largely absent from elementary standards; high school standards portray Judaism as a static religion composed of passive recipients of violence.

Authors

• Anna Yonas, University of Kansas

• Colleen Fitzpatrick, University of Toledo

• Amy E. Allen, Virginia Tech