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    Teaching History and the Consequences of it? According to‚ the chapter eleven from the book “ Lies my teacher told me” by James w. Loewen‚ under the title “Why is history taught like this? To answer for this question’s‚ it is better to see different directions as well as the perception of the of the teacher’s‚ the final goal of the responsible college or university or the giver institution‚ or the strategy of the education policy curriculums‚ why prefers or allowed to give this one sides negative

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    Engagement” by Russell Banks is an interesting one. This essay is about the effects of novels on society and how some literary artists who write protest novels ignore the real purpose of a novel. This essay relates to a novel I read titled‚ Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen which‚ according to this chapter is referred to as a protest novel. Firstly‚ the author of the essay‚ Russell Banks‚ greatly opposes the concept of protest novels. He doesn’t refer to them as works of art. He surmises that

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    Ashley Walker Mr. Scott INTD 101-18: The Art of Seduction 29 September 2011 A False History James Loewen uses his piece Lies my Teacher Told Me to reveal the flaws in America’s mainstream textbooks. Loewen points out the fact that textbooks try to “indoctrinate blind patriotism” (Loewen 6) and “keep students in the dark about the nature of history” (Loewen 8). Almost every American textbook sells history using the “soft seduction” approach‚ as explained in Robert Greene’s book‚ The Art of

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    The book Lies My Teacher Told Me‚ by James W. Loewen‚ was written with the intention of informing anybody that has ever learned about United States history using a textbook published in the United States has‚ most likely‚ not received the complete history of events. The textbooks and information found in classes of all educational levels‚are often skewed by patriotism. Loewen wrote the book to fill in many gaps in the education of our nation’s history which makes Lies My Teacher Told Me an enriching

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    The best lesson my dad taught me was……. To always be honest. I’m glad he taught me this because at home if I do something wrong and he knows I’m lying and I tell the truth‚ I get in less trouble instead of getting things taken away. He tells me the odds are in my favor if I listen. I agree with him because I wouldn’t want my kids to lie to me. You always get in less trouble if you don’t lie. I only lived for about 13 years but every single second I learned more and more. It always ends up embarrassing

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    Hades

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    land. His wife‚ Hera‚ was the most powerful goddess in all the land‚ but Zeus’s brother. Hades‚ was evil. Hades lived in a poor little village and it smelled horrible. Zeus and Hera lived in Mount Olympus and it was a rich place that smelled nice and fresh. One day‚ Hades went to Mount Olympus. He walked into Zeus’s house and found Hera sleeping. Then suddenly‚ Hades took her power and staff. With this staff‚ Hades could rule all of the land. Once Hera woke up‚ she reached to grab her staff‚ but she

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    ’official’ swimming lessons in my life. It’s something I learned from my husband. • He always try to teach me how to do things especially involve in the aerobic exercises‚ because he knows that the aerobic exercise is good for my health‚ especially swimming‚ which has been found to be not only beneficial for my body‚ but also perfect for relaxing my mind. • About 4 years ago‚ on the strength of his recommendation‚ I decided to learn how to swim. So my husband started to teach me. • At first I was a little

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    Review: Lies My Teacher Told Me A fascinating and informative book‚ Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen‚ takes a look at twelve popular American history textbooks and concludes that the information is false‚ viewed primarily from an European perspective‚ and made up to credit national myths. In addition‚ James Loewen presents many key historical events that he feels are missing from many of these textbooks and should be included. Published in 1995 by The New Press‚ Lies My Teacher

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    States history has really helped me understand why my family and I don’t have the same opportunity as white people. When I read the first 4 chapters to Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen right away I was able to relate to what he was saying. Being a person of color learning history growing up I noticed that the history books only showed one point of view. A lot of the truth was covered up and that’s why now when I read something historical it’s very important for me to read

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    Hero’s Recognition Both Willy and the mother from “Taught me Purple” by Evelyn Tooley Hunt‚ have the same unrealistic expectations and false dreams. They fantasize the truth until they can no longer bear to live in reality. They hold the American Dream so high in their minds that “In its lack [they] [die]‚” and these phony ambitions go on to harm their children. Hunt describes how her mother taught her in purple and gold‚ but wore wash-grey. Her mother pretended to be special and wealthy even though

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