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9/11Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong
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383 pages : 24 cm
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-375) and index
Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making -- 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- 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 -- Land of opportunity -- Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government -- 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?
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-375) and index
Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making -- 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- 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 -- Land of opportunity -- Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government -- 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?
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