Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong / James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620974698
- ISBN: 162097469X
- Physical Description: xviii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition: Young readers' edition.
- Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : Why I wrote this book -- and other questions answered -- The problem with making heroes -- What did Columbus really do? -- The truth about the first Thanksgiving -- Through red eyes -- Invisible racism -- John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and invisible idealism -- The land of opportunity -- Keeping an eye on the government -- Seeing no evil in Vietnam -- The disappearance of the recent past -- History and the future -- Does this way of teaching history work? -- Afterword : The future lies ahead -- and what to do about them. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 12-18. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Indians of North America in textbooks. Thanksgiving Day in textbooks. Racism in textbooks. United States > History > Textbooks. United States > Historiography. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | 973 L827L 2019 (Text) | 33126022597037 | YA Nonfiction | Available | - |