TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loewen,James W.
TI  - Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything your American History Textbook gFGot Wrong 
SN  - 9780743296281
AV  - E175.85 .L64 2007
U1  - 973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Indians of North America in textbooks
KW  - Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
KW  - Historiography
KW  - fast
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Geschiedschrijving
KW  - gtt
KW  - Beeldvorming
KW  - Geschiedvervalsing
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - High School
KW  - Myths
KW  - Nonpartisan
KW  - Misinformation
KW  - Blind Patriotism
KW  - Education
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Nonfiction
N1  - "A Touchstone book."; "Completely revised and updated"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Something has gone very wrong --; Handicapped by history : the process of hero-making --; 1493 : the true importance of Christopher Columbus --; The truth about the first Thanksgiving --; Red eyes --; "Gone with the wind" : the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks --; John Brown and Abraham Lincoln : the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks --; The land of opportunity --; Watching Big Brother : what textbooks teach about the federal government --; See no evil : choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam --; Down the memory hole : the disappearance of the recent past --; Progress is our most important product --; Why is history taught like this? --; What is the result of teaching history like this? --; Afterword: The future lies ahead--and what to do about them
N2  - Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history
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ER  -