History textbook tells pupils USA first landed on moon in 1979
An official history textbook used by thousands of GCSE pupils contains embarrassing errors, including the assertion that the United States won the race to the moon in 1979.
The new book, written by examiners, also tells pupils that John F Kennedy was president of America in 1960.
Entitled History: The Making of the Modern World, the textbook for a new Edexcel GCSE history exam, the inaccuracies have been slammed by historians and teachers.
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The new book, written by examiners, also tells pupils that John F Kennedy was president of America in 1960.
Entitled History: The Making of the Modern World, the textbook for a new Edexcel GCSE history exam, the inaccuracies have been slammed by historians and teachers.
The history of the modern world exam will be taken for the first time by pupils next June. Many schools will use the text book in class and pupils can buy it from bookshops.
It states on page 96 that "The 1960 Paris Conference, between Khrushchev and new President John F. Kennedy, was a disaster". However, Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president in 1960 and JFK was not inaugurated until January 1961.
On page 125 it says that the US "won the race to the moon in 1979". The Apollo 11 moon landing was actually in July 1969.