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Author Loewen, James W., author.

Title Lies my teacher told me : everything American history textbooks get wrong / James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  TEEN 973 LOE    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA 973 LOEWEN    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Teen  TEEN 973 LOE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 973 LOE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 973 LOE    DUE 05-18-24
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen  YA 973 LOEWEN    DUE 04-20-24
 Plainville Public Library - Young Adult  YA 973 LOE    DUE 05-09-24
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Tween  TWEEN 973 LOEWEN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Teen  TEEN 973 LOEWEN    DUE 11-11-23 Billed
Edition Young readers' edition.
Description xviii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
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.
Audience Ages 12-18.
Summary 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.
Subject United States -- History -- Textbooks -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Historiography -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America in textbooks -- Juvenile literature.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples in textbooks -- Juvenile literature.
Subject Thanksgiving Day in textbooks -- Juvenile literature.
Racism in textbooks -- Juvenile literature.
Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
Indians of North America in textbooks. (OCoLC)fst00969961
Racism in textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01086665
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01149177
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
Adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01423910
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
Young adult nonfiction.
Added Author Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951- writer of adaptation.
Adaptation of (work): Loewen, James W., Lies my teacher told me.
ISBN 9781620974698 (hardcover : alk. paper)
162097469X (hardcover : alk. paper)
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