that's after a panel of historians found what they called an appalling number of inaccuracies in a 4th grade history book. it was an alert parent who brought all of this to light. >> reporter: the united states entered world one i in 1916. no, it was 1917. there were 12 confederate states. actually, there were 11. in 1800, new orleans was a u.s. port. no, it was still under spanish control. these and dozens of other errors can be found in the textbook handed out to thousands of virginia 4th graders. problems with the book "our virginia: past and present" first surfaces last october as reported by the "washington post." when the mother of one 4th grader, a college history professor, spotted several lines on page 122. >> it was jarring when i got to a passage that was so at odds
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