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Lies My Teacher Told Me

Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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Feb 15, 2022SF2242 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I'm about to start reading this book, and have finished "Lies Across America." I rated this 5 stars already because I know I'm going to re-learn things factually that the textbooks dumbed down and lied about when I was a kid. So good to…
Dec 26, 20214536o rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
An important book for readers of of any age above elementary school. And Professor Loewen brings receipts: 75 pages of annotated end notes. The U.S. would be very different if our kids learned the vivid (and visceral) lessons of American…
Jun 01, 2021
It has been around 11 years ago since I read this book, but the arguments made by the author still stick with me and provided different viewpoints on common historical topics and people that are taught to students from history textbooks…
Jan 21, 2021D041450434 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
WOW - we know that we were taught wrong but we are still sending students down the wrong path from the beginning and wondering why they grow up confused. Gives us the reasons this keep happening and it needs to be fixed. Some suggestions…
Jul 03, 2020INVS rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I owned this several years past and found it a real eye-opener. Aptly titled!
May 04, 2020lcranmer rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I agree a "must read." An indictment of history teaching in US high schools. Discussed with my child, who took a local high school AP US History class in 2017. She was able to answer some things with more subtlety, but still bought into…
Feb 22, 2020JHunger rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was a great book. I'm glad I came accross it. It is an eye opener and teaches one to look at "facts" more critically.
May 07, 2019The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Yes, grownups will lie to you. They'll tell you George Washington chopped down the cherry tree, and couldn't lie about it, in order to teach you to tell the truth, when the whole story was a lie to begin with! And that's just the start of…
May 06, 2019pfsheckarski rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"It is painful to advert these things. But our forefathers, though wise, pious, and sincere, were nevertheless, in respect to Christian charity, under a cloud; and, in history, truth should be held sacred, at whatever cost... especially…
Feb 03, 2019
In 1997, when I did a high school project on lies in history, I was fortunate enough to see James Loewen speak. The original 1995 publication of his book "Lies My Teacher Told Me" taught me a critical way of thinking about my education.…
Nov 13, 2018
Yeah, my copy arrived today. I cannot wait to read this; if we don't know our History, we are doomed to repeat it!
Sep 27, 2018brangwinn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
REQUIRED READING....particularly if you are student brighter than your high school history teacher and are bored in class. Should be read by educators as well
Dec 25, 2017jquick99 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I found both this book and Lies Across America to be super boring. I love the concept of these books...something I would really dig...tidbits of history that have now been debunked, or we were just mis-informed or the ole “there’s more to…
Mar 29, 2017ninigirl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A must read for anyone that is interested in history. Made me a little angry that I was never taught the truth. Great read.
Dec 19, 2015Al6Hameed rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I have known that the shadow government has been brain-washing the masses since they arrived here long ago. This book explains how they do it. Why do they do it? It is the only way that they can control and manipulate the unsuspecting.…
Oct 12, 2015Fidelicatessen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of the few books every American should read. If only high-school history taught us the depth of information and critical thinking that this book is full of, we'd have a more informed, enlightened electorate. It's all real…
Aug 19, 2013kesha1123 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Truly worthy read although it too is heavily loaded with biased language. I love that the author presents the good, bad, and ugly of our country's history all the while acknowledging the horrendous injustices or transgressions of our past,…
Apr 29, 2013Mr_Pear rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I saw James Loewen speak at the University of Missouri about a month ago and I though he was a terrific speaker. His writing is very close to the way he lectures, that is, both funny and thought-provoking. I found this book to be equally…
Dec 31, 2012danielestes rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I read the first edition of this book around the time I graduated high school, and I was surprised, no shocked, by how much American history I didn't know. And that was just the stuff I thought I knew. Glossing over complex topics in a…
Nov 30, 2012jilly0522 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Every serious homeschooler needs to read this book. Every history buff needs to read this book. Everyone who hates history may learn to like history if they read this book. What an eye opener!
Starling16
Nov 03, 2011Starling16 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fascinating book; refer to it often to ponder how textbooks are manipulated. Check out the chapter on who actually writes high school textbooks. You will be amazed, and not in a good way.
LYCrazy8
Oct 19, 2011LYCrazy8 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book was an absolutely fantastic read. I was always a good student but consistently hated history... this book helped explain why. The writer states his case without coming across as polemic, and injects a good bit of humor into his…
Jul 09, 2010TimelyAbyss rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A wonderfully written book that can't help but get you thinking about everything that may have been taught to you wrong in the classroom. Loewen effectively makes his point that the current focus on teaching dis-jointed factoids combined…
Feb 09, 2010
Amazing book. Taught me more in the few hundred pages then I learned in all of high school. I'll never trust history again.