By Use this text book :
James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got
Wrong (Touchstone, 2007). ISBN 978-0743296281
NOTE: You need the 2007 (or later) edition of this book. It will 13 chapters (not 12).
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For assigned texts (Loewen) you will write a response (at least 180-200 words) to a prompt based on the readings assigned for that day. (answer qauestions ) :
Loewen, Chapters 5 and 6
Summarize Loewen’s arguments regarding racism and anti-racism in textbooks and identify two examples of his evidence for each argument. How does the portrayal of racism and anti-racism in textbooks impact public understanding of these issues?
