Joanna Wojdon is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Her publications include White and Red Umbrella: Polish American Congress in the Cold War Era (1944-1988) (2015); The World of Reading Primers: The Image of Reality in the Reading Instruction Textbooks of the Soviet Bloc (in Polish: Świat elementarzy: Obraz rzeczywistości w podręcznikach do nauki czytania w krajach bloku radzieckiego) (2015); and E-teaching History (2016, ed.). She is the managing editor of the International Journal of Research on History Didactics, History Education and History Culture: Yearbook of the International Society for History Didactics (vol. 33–37: 2013–2016).

• List of figuresIntroduction1. Primary school curricula in Poland: 1944-19892. Primary School Textbook Propaganda: Central Themes3. Maths and Sciences3.1. Mathematics3.2 Science3.3 Physics3.4. Chemistry3.5. Biology4. Geography5. Polish Language Instruction6. History7. Foreign Languages and the Arts7.1. Russian Language Instruction7.2. French, English and German7.3 Art7.4. Music7.5. Other Subjects8. Civic and Defense Education8.1. Civic education8.2. Defense training9. Conclusion: Primary School Textbooks, Propaganda and the Totalitarian StateIndex

Joanna Wojdon is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Her publications include White and Red Umbrella: Polish American Congress in the Cold War Era (1944-1988) (2015); The World of Reading Primers: The Image of Reality in the Reading Instruction Textbooks of the Soviet Bloc (in Polish: Świat elementarzy: Obraz rzeczywistości w podręcznikach do nauki czytania w krajach bloku radzieckiego) (2015); and E-teaching History (2016, ed.). She is the managing editor of the International Journal of Research on History Didactics, History Education and History Culture: Yearbook of the International Society for History Didactics (vol. 33–37: 2013–2016).

• List of figuresIntroduction1. Primary school curricula in Poland: 1944-19892. Primary School Textbook Propaganda: Central Themes3. Maths and Sciences3.1. Mathematics3.2 Science3.3 Physics3.4. Chemistry3.5. Biology4. Geography5. Polish Language Instruction6. History7. Foreign Languages and the Arts7.1. Russian Language Instruction7.2. French, English and German7.3 Art7.4. Music7.5. Other Subjects8. Civic and Defense Education8.1. Civic education8.2. Defense training9. Conclusion: Primary School Textbooks, Propaganda and the Totalitarian StateIndex

Joanna Wojdon is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Her publications include White and Red Umbrella: Polish American Congress in the Cold War Era (1944-1988) (2015); The World of Reading Primers: The Image of Reality in the Reading Instruction Textbooks of the Soviet Bloc (in Polish: Świat elementarzy: Obraz rzeczywistości w podręcznikach do nauki czytania w krajach bloku radzieckiego) (2015); and E-teaching History (2016, ed.). She is the managing editor of the International Journal of Research on History Didactics, History Education and History Culture: Yearbook of the International Society for History Didactics (vol. 33–37: 2013–2016).

• List of figuresIntroduction1. Primary school curricula in Poland: 1944-19892. Primary School Textbook Propaganda: Central Themes3. Maths and Sciences3.1. Mathematics3.2 Science3.3 Physics3.4. Chemistry3.5. Biology4. Geography5. Polish Language Instruction6. History7. Foreign Languages and the Arts7.1. Russian Language Instruction7.2. French, English and German7.3 Art7.4. Music7.5. Other Subjects8. Civic and Defense Education8.1. Civic education8.2. Defense training9. Conclusion: Primary School Textbooks, Propaganda and the Totalitarian StateIndex