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Teaching what really happened : how to avoid the tyranny of textbooks and get students excited about doing history (edit title/settings)

by James W. Loewen (Author) (edit contributors)

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In this follow-up to his landmark bestseller, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, James Loewen continues to break silences and change our perspectives on U.S. history. Loewen takes history textbooks to task for their perpetuations of myth and their... read more

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History and social studies, as usually taught before college, can hinder rather than help build students' understanding of how the world works.

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  1. James W. Loewen (Author)

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Page Count: 264

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