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emdebell 's review for:
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen
The majority of this information wasn't new to me, and the tone was rather alarmist, but I like the topics (history, publishing, education, etc.) so it still managed to keep me interested. History can look vastly different when viewed through different eyes, and that is something that textbooks and schools seem to like to avoid. Instead, history is presented as a series of heroes, (with our country's liberty and independence being the greatest of all,) which might interest the younger elementary students but rings false to older students. History can be exciting if you don't make it all dry, drab, and politically correct. Leave the controversy in and see how much our students begin to absorb!