review of Lies My Teacher Told Me

James W. Loewen, in my opinion, makes a very valid argument in Lies My Teacher Told Me. He argues that teaching (of history) today relies too much on the textbooks which glorify the United States and its imperfect leaders and heroes. His examples, in fact, are very surprising to those most unfamiliar, or “deceived,” in their understanding of American History and are painfully obvious to those fairly educated in the events of our nation’s …

…have been fortunate enough to experience this type of teaching for my most recent understanding of American history, but I fully agree with Loewen’s ideas in Lies My Teacher Told Me and found the book to be both interesting and informative. Besides giving me better ideas for going about learning US history, it educated me in the events which will not be mentioned or covered as fully as in Lies My Teacher Told Me.