Pros And Cons Of Lies My Teacher Told Me

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Thank you for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs and Lies My Teacher Told Me by sociology instructor James Loewen are two great books. While the first ten chapters of Jay Heinrichs’ piece of work principally focuses on both traditional and modern rhetoric for contemporary public speakers and readers, chapters 1 to 13 of James Loewen’s book attempts to study why most American high school students hate history studies. In particular, Heinrichs’ book focuses on past knowledge and ideologies like Cicero and Aristotle’s theories, as well as modern concepts tailored for modern public speakers (Heinrichs 127). Conversely, Loewen’s book cites a number of factors, which explain why the American history is intrinsically dramatic (Loewen 7). Thank You for Arguing

In his book “Beyond the Culture Wars: How teaching the conflicts can revitalize American education” Gerald Graff, describes his experience in his youth of disliking books and the discourse of literature. The excerpt “Disliking Books” from that book shares the story of Gerald’s experience with early education to his collegiate experience which then later inspired him to become a literature professor. Through sharing his experiences in his youth and at college Graff shares the added value that can come through adversity and education. Born into an educated middle-class Jewish family in an ethnic area of Chicago, a rougher side of town.

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In the book “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong” published in 1995 on The New Press by James W. Loewen. Loewen, whom is a professor of sociology that focus on American history goes into deep detail about the faults of High School History textbooks and why they are dreadful. The Excerpt from Inquiry to Academic Writing by Stuart Greene and April Lidinsky was published by Bedford/ St. Martin's in 2008, and uses a part of Loewen’s book in there text. There is multiple mistakes that Loewen expands on: like how we aren’t taught everything we need to know, aren’t taught all the fully correct information of the past, and how America has a tone of ethnocentrism in its own history textbooks.

Reddick’s article and the views of likeminded historians highlight the need to challenge inaccuracies, omissions, distortions and manipulations of factual history within textbooks. If Historians do not challenge these issues then such representations will be perceived as true accounts of "what has

In the book, Lies My Teacher Told Me, author James Loewen talks about historical misconceptions in American school textbooks. Are these actually misconceptions though? What is the author saying about American history when details or whole events are untold? Lowen delves into these deep topics head on and gives examples as he goes. This book is not only intended for those who have read an American history book, but for those who have never heard the truth.

There are two sides to every story. This is especially true when it comes to the history of the world. The two textbooks that we read for this class, A Patriot’s History of the United States and The American People, are great examples of this idea not because they cannot agree on the events of American history, but because they have different viewpoints on the significance of events, and the impact of some controversial topics. This essay will discuss the similar and different perspectives of the two textbooks mentioned above, while talking specifically about Chapter 6 of A Patriot’s History and Chapter 10 of The American People. More specifically, this essay will cover the books contrasting interpretations of societal, political, and religious

I have learn that in truth, The History of America is always full of important things that happened in which we do not know, but historian and teachers the important and interesting things out in order to please readers. As Loewen Says, “Conversely, textbooks seldom use the past to illuminate the present. They portray the past as a simple-minded morality play. “Be a good citizen” is the message that textbooks extract from the past. “You have a proud heritage.

Out of all the many classes I’ve taken so far, history is one my least favorite class. History incredibly uninteresting me, but in addition to that, American history textbooks, neglect to include what I believe to be very important details about history. Since history textbooks wish depict the United States as one of the greatest country in world, the authors try to leave out any information that might hurt Americas image. “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by James W. Loewen, tries to inform students of today, the important information that was hidden from them in their American history textbooks. Loewen does great with explain certain topics and unnecessary errors in the student’s American history education, throughout his book

When students are unaware of the history of social class, they begin to believe false information, such as, poor people deserve to be poor. Loewen does a great job of pointing out student’s misunderstanding of social status and strongly believes that it is the high school text books to

The American dream is a dream of a land in which one can prosper with ambition and hard work. This idea has created many illusions for some because in reality the American dream is proven to be something that is rarely achieved. No individual is guaranteed success or destined for failure, but it is apparent that women, people of color, and those born into poverty will face greater obstacles than others, despite being a greater part of the American population. An author that tackles the issue of class in the United States is Gregory Mantsios. In his essay, “Class in America-2009”, Mantsios aims to prove that class affects people’s lives in drastic ways.

In the first chapter Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your AMerican History Textbook Got Wrong, James Loewen explores the common process of heroification within America’s history. The flaws of many individuals, specifically Woodrow Wilson and Helen Keller in this chapter, are usually overlooked when recounting their achievements. Loewen points outs that when heroes are recognized for certain things it only covers a short person of the person’s life. The media and schools filter out the bad to leave room for inspiration and good.

History does not always convey the absolute truth. It offers only one side of the story. The strong and powerful voices always drown out the sounds of the weak and beaten. The winner’s word will always be taken over the loser’s. The content that lies within the textbooks was not written by the defeated.

American History Education Reforms The definition as well as the specific parts of accurate American history is a highly debated topic- especially in regards to educating children on American history. In “Let’s tell the Story of All America’s Cultures” by Yuh Ji-Yeon gives her point of view on the controversial topic of the success of American history education. As the author is a Korean immigrant she has a special connection to this topic, and is writing this article to giver her opinion in the debate of reforming education in America. Ji-Yeon successfully persuades the audience that American history education in the United States is discriminatory by using her personal experiences and emotions as she informs the audience of a possible solution