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Lies My Teacher Told Me
Author James W. Loewen will discuss his recent book in the Chao Auditorium.
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Oct 21, 2010 from 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm |
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LOUISVILLE, KY – Americans have lost touch with their history, and author James Loewen will tell why at a public lecture and discussion session Oct. 21 from 4-5 p.m. at the Chao Auditorium (map).
After surveying 18 leading high school American history textbooks,
Loewen concludes that none makes history interesting or memorable. In "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong,"
Loewen notes that textbooks are blinded by patriotism, mindless
optimism, misinformation and outright lies, thereby omitting almost all
the ambiguity, passion, conflict and drama from our past.
"James
Loewen has made a career of telling us how poorly we are educated and
the problems with the content of our books and curricula," said Dr. Gary
Gregg, director of The McConnell Center. "He is sure to shock and
excite us all back to our books to reconsider what it is we think we
know. In a republic where the people are to rule, there could not be a
higher service than this."
Loewen is a regular contributor to the History Channel's History magazine and professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont. He lives in Washington, D.C. Co-sponsored with The Filson Historical Society, University of Louisville History Department and the U of L Arts and Culture Partnership Initiative. Free and open to the public.
