Lies My Teacher Told Me Topics for Discussion

James Loewen
This Study Guide consists of approximately 60 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lies My Teacher Told Me.

Lies My Teacher Told Me Topics for Discussion

James Loewen
This Study Guide consists of approximately 60 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lies My Teacher Told Me.
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Can what Loewen calls "heroification" be justified in the telling of history? Use any character from Lies My Teacher Told Me to illustrate your answer.

What is the method of "cognitive dissonance"? Describe it in terms of any character from Lies My Teacher Told Me and from your own life if you find you have used it.

How would you portray Abraham Lincoln if you were writing a textbook?

How would you handle slavery in Colonial American days if you were writing a textbook? Show how this differs from the standard treatment described in Lies My Teacher Told Me.

How would you handle Native American culture if you were writing a textbook? Show how this differs from the standard treatment described in Lies My Teacher Told Me.

Would you have filled in the percentages in Loewen's "Vietnam exercise" correctly? How does the ability to...

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