Lies my teacher told me, everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
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Lies my teacher told me, everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
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Ages 12-18
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Lies my teacher told me
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1086495486
Responsibility statement
James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
Sub title
everything American history textbooks get wrong
Table Of Contents
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
juvenile
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- Juvenile works
- Racism in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- History
- Indians of North America in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- Historiography
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- United States -- Historiography -- Juvenile literature
- Textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- United States
- Racism in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
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- Juvenile works
- Racism in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- History
- Indians of North America in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- Historiography
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- United States -- Historiography -- Juvenile literature
- Textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- United States
- Racism in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
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