The Resource Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
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The item Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
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- Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history
- Loewen examined leading high school American history texts, and concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. In this edition, adapted for young readers, he helps students develop a deeper understanding of our world. He begins with Native American history, and covers diverse events up to the present day
- Now adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18. Essential reading in our age of fake news and slippery, sloppy history, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition cuts through the mindless optimism and outright lies found in most textbooks that are often not even really written by their "authors." Beginning with pre-Columbian history and then covering characters and events as diverse as the first Thanksgiving, Helen Keller, the My Lai massacre, 9/11, and the Iraq War. This streamlined young readers' edition is rich in vivid details and quotations from primary sources that poke holes in the textbook versions of history and help students develop a deeper understanding of our world. - From publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Young Readers' Edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781620974858
- Label
- Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong
- Title
- Lies my teacher told me
- Title remainder
- everything American history textbooks get wrong
- Statement of responsibility
- James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
- Subject
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- Adaptations
- Historiography
- History
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Indians of North America in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- Instructional and educational works
- Instructional and educational works
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Other
- Juvenile works
- Racism in textbooks
- Racism in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- Textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- United States
- United States -- Historiography -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Textbooks | Juvenile literature
- Adaptations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history
- Loewen examined leading high school American history texts, and concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. In this edition, adapted for young readers, he helps students develop a deeper understanding of our world. He begins with Native American history, and covers diverse events up to the present day
- Now adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18. Essential reading in our age of fake news and slippery, sloppy history, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition cuts through the mindless optimism and outright lies found in most textbooks that are often not even really written by their "authors." Beginning with pre-Columbian history and then covering characters and events as diverse as the first Thanksgiving, Helen Keller, the My Lai massacre, 9/11, and the Iraq War. This streamlined young readers' edition is rich in vivid details and quotations from primary sources that poke holes in the textbook versions of history and help students develop a deeper understanding of our world. - From publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Loewen, James W
- Dewey number
- 973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 12-18
- LC call number
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- E77.4
- E175.85
- LC item number
- .L64 2019e
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1951-
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- Stefoff, Rebecca
- Loewen, James W
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- United States
- United States
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- Racism in textbooks
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- Racism in textbooks
- United States
- United States
- Historiography
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Racism in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- United States
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / General
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- juvenile
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- Label
- Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- not applicable
- Content category
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- 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
- Control code
- 1097597864
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- Young Readers' Edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781620974858
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- 381573ce-8f97-48b9-a2cc-9af4f44f3903
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1097597864
- Label
- Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1097597864
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- Young Readers' Edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781620974858
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 381573ce-8f97-48b9-a2cc-9af4f44f3903
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1097597864
Subject
- Adaptations
- Historiography
- History
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Indians of North America in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- Instructional and educational works
- Instructional and educational works
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Other
- Juvenile works
- Racism in textbooks
- Racism in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- Textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks -- Juvenile literature
- United States
- United States -- Historiography -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- History -- Textbooks | Juvenile literature
- Adaptations
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- Instructional and educational works
- Juvenile literature
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- Textbooks
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