Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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Americas founders were not saints and that the United State's true history is much more complex, much to the disappointment of the far right. Great Book !

Interesting information in the book. I was hoping to use it in the class but really not suitable for that.

I love history so I read a lot of American Pageant as my son took AP US History. I was appalled at the florid language and constantly wondering and rereading to get questions answered. This book filled in numerous gaps and holes... I couldn't put it down. It also helps explain why the AP exam questions ask for analysis of information that can't be obtained from the school text or even from cursory web searches. Lots of aha moments for me.

Loved it, though I agree that sometimes the writer was so strident it felt like he was yelling at me. Still, a must read.

I had a vague recollection of a bunch of dates and names I was told to memorize in history class. I had a vague idea that these lists were inadequate. I didn't know they were downright lies. This guy doesn't trash teachers, just the textbooks they're made to teach from. Non-white kids and girls have been especially mal-served by these books, which leave out not only the injustices done to minorities in the so-called New World, but also leave out their positive contributions. This book shocked my eyes open. My 11th grader, a half-black-half-white girl, has been assigned one of the textbooks this author critiques. I have the summer to make a list of its defects to bring to her teacher's attention in the fall. I am determined, with this book's help, to make sure my kid knows the true context in which she's living her life now.

I like that the new edition includes recent historical developments like the war on terror and its coverage in textbooks. My problem with the new edition, however, is in the new type settings. It's printed now like best selling fiction or cheap journalism. I miss the old style which was more like a textbook. This new one is really tough on the eyes. It doesn't match the subject matter. I realize this is a bit petty, but some of you will understand. For those that do know what I mean, get the older edition.