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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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