Take a photo of a barcode or cover
esantelmann 's review for:
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen
I enjoyed the nuance it lent to history. I plan to talk to other trusted history lovers about some of the finer points.
The textbook aspect of it was boring to me personally. I stopped short the last two chapters because as someone who didn’t attend public school, or teach in a public school it was tedious and boring. Ironic considering he’s addressing boring text books hahaha
I think my favorite segment was about John Brown and Reconstruction. I’ve read quite a lot on the reconstruction period, but never really got the pulse of what was going on. This summarized it quite well. I hope to read more on that topic.
Oh also, living in Oklahoma I particularly the parts about native history. The reframing of topic and language has given me a lot to think about.
The textbook aspect of it was boring to me personally. I stopped short the last two chapters because as someone who didn’t attend public school, or teach in a public school it was tedious and boring. Ironic considering he’s addressing boring text books hahaha
I think my favorite segment was about John Brown and Reconstruction. I’ve read quite a lot on the reconstruction period, but never really got the pulse of what was going on. This summarized it quite well. I hope to read more on that topic.
Oh also, living in Oklahoma I particularly the parts about native history. The reframing of topic and language has given me a lot to think about.