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    are taught an extremely revised version of their past. It is important for all U.S. citizens to understand how our country came to be so that we can all share pride for where we’ve come from and what we’ll become. Loewen spends a chapter discussing the truth and lies surrounding Christopher Columbus and other early explorers and conquerors of the Americas. During the time periods Columbus and other explorers “discovered” what is now known as North and South America and Europeans began settling

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    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 they are “an argument

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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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    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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    Far from verity After taking time reading this eye opening novel “Lies My Teacher Told Me” written by Dr. James W. Loewen‚ the book has open my mind to American History and the reality of everyday life‚ for example on the topics of Helen Keller‚ the unbelievable truth of Woodrow Wilson‚ the exploration of Christopher Columbus‚ and the inverse truth of heroes and sheroes. To begin with‚ in textbooks I have read‚ Woodrow Wilson was seemed as one of the most important man and promising to the blacks

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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 Told

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    Lies My Teacher Told Me: Chapter 1 Before chapter 1‚ the introduction gives plenty of background information and reasoning of the book. The author‚ James Loewen explains his logic. Loewen states the textbooks used in teaching high school American History are a wrong to students and the nation‚ the texts and courses seek to protect and inform the truth. Chapter 1’s main idea is “herofication”. He explains that American History textbooks the wrong doers seem like the perfect ones. He points out two

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    Throughout our educational lives‚ we have been told countless stories of how this nation came to be. Countless hours in a classroom for 12 years‚ just to be told half of the story‚ sometimes a bunch of lies or overly edited facts. In “Lies My Teacher Told Me” Loewen utilizes many different sources such as journals‚ images‚ newspaper clippings and oral accounts of events that took place through out history. With these sources Loewen proves that text books give false information or omit things all

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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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    Effective Use of Pathos in Lies My Teacher Told Me James W. Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me is a critically acclaimed work pertaining to the inaccuracies found in many history textbooks. Lies My Teacher Told Me notes that history is a school subject often disliked by students. Loewen contends that history is not appreciated because it may be considered intrinsically unappealing‚ but rather because history is taught in a poor manner. Although Loewen uses all three modes of persuasion in his book

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