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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your History Textbook Got Wrong, by James W. Loewen, is a critical review of the gulf between the best evidence available to historians and the evidence presented to American high school students in the 12 most popular history textbooks. It is the winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship.

Loewen proposes that when history teachers elevate American historical figures to the status of religious icons, unintentionally giving students the impression that these figures were part of an unattainable past. In other words, the history-as-myth method teaches students that America's greatest days are behind it. If teachers were honest about historical controversies and the flaws of our nation's heroes, Loewen proposes that students would be left with the impression that America is a nation forever learning and improving and that our best days are ahead of us.

The work is unusual among books written for a popular audience in that it is very well sourced and actively encourages readers to explore the social science of history by reading the source material themselves. The book is now cited by, and recommended by, a large number of American History professors.

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