Teaching what really happened : how to avoid the tyranny of textbooks and get students excited about doing history /

Main Author: Loewen, James W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Teachers College Press, c2010.
Series:Multicultural education series
Subjects:
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245 1 |a Teaching what really happened :  |b how to avoid the tyranny of textbooks and get students excited about doing history /  |c James W. Loewen. 
260 1 |a New York, NY :  |b Teachers College Press,  |c c2010. 
300 1 |a xv, 248 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 23 cm. 
490 1 |a Multicultural education series 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 1 |a Introduction : history as weapon -- 1. The tyranny of coverage -- 2. Expecting excellence -- 3. Historiography -- 4. Doing history -- 5. How and when did people get here? -- 6. Why did Europe win? -- 7. The $24 myth -- 8. Teaching slavery -- 9. Why did the south secede? -- 10. The Nadir -- Afterword : still more ways to teach history. 
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