Textbooks have become one of the primary sources for students supplementation on the material covered in class. In the book, Fires in the Bathroom, students explain that teaching by the text book can be dry and may not present all of the information on the topic. Sometimes the text books may even have incorrect material, or the authors/editors personnel opinions.
I have mixed feelings about this idea because I have had teachers who have ventured away from the book and had a great lesson and some who had a terrible lesson. The students in the book gave good examples about sticking straight to the text book. Some history books (and I'm sure this applies to any subject) have content inaccuracy and nearly all books have different views on the events or principles focused on. I'm worried that I may end up following directly from the text book. I will attempt to use as many different types of sources for the students with each lesson.
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