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♪ don't know much about history ♪ ♪ don't know much of biology >> they don't know much history in virginia right about now. the books, the netextbooks supposed to teach the kids what's right about history, correct history. virginia's department of education reviewing its process for reviewing textbooks. why? a panel of historians found, quote, an appalling number of inaccra says in a fourth grade history book. it was an alert parent who brought the situation to life in the first place. >> reporter: the united states entered world war 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 could be found in the textbook handed out to thousands of virginia fourth graders.