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plc7carinosa 's review for:
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen
This is a great book that gives additional historical information on events we may have learned in school. The author is attempting to show historical events along with its character flaws. For me, it was interesting to see that some of our heroes were at times... how can I say this?..... douche bags. Nevertheless the great work that they have done by these people like George Washington, in my opinion, is not undermined by their mistakes. On the contrary, after reading this book I would like to learn more about specific time periods and the people in them. You really have to take this book with a grain of salt, yes... a lot of our heroes were also racists and did things to only serve themselves, but they have also put policies in place that has made the great nation we have today.
I do agree that teachers make history classes beyond boring and more materials than just text books need to be used in classrooms. With that said, its also our responsibility to learn from our history and not just expect teachers to do all the work for us.
I do agree that teachers make history classes beyond boring and more materials than just text books need to be used in classrooms. With that said, its also our responsibility to learn from our history and not just expect teachers to do all the work for us.