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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong James W. Loewen ebook
Page: 464
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780743296281
Format: pdf

Feb 15, 2012 - "Lies My Teacher Told Me" (1995, 2007) by James W. He is the same Loewen out all kinds of stuff. Loewen looks at 12 high school American history books in common use and tells you what they lie about and what important facts they leave out. Apr 12, 2011 - Across America, 60 percent to 75 percent of high-school history teachers believe and teach that the South seceded for state's rights, said Jim Loewen, author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" (Touchstone, 1996) and co-editor of "The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The 'Great Truth' about the 'Lost Cause'" (University Press of Mississippi, 2010). International Skeptics Day (and, as my participation in the “Every Month's a Holiday” Challenge), I have been reading James Loewen's “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”. I was aware of the issue prior to reading the enlightening book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. Nov 27, 2013 - Contributing Sources: Thanks Blackfire!, Open Salon and for more info on the first Thanksgiving: “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong” by James W. "It's complete B.S.," Loewen told LiveScience. Loewen looks at how and why history books get written that way. Loew, an NYT bestseller from a few years ago. Lies my teacher told me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong. Because there the aim is not to help you to understand the country's past, like you might expect, but to make you proud of your country and respect authority. Jan 4, 2010 - Time to dust off and re-read "Lies My teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James W. Sep 2, 2013 - I'm currently writing an introductory textbook on the Sociology of Religion entitled Sociology of Religion: A Mystical and Scientific Approach.