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Lies my teacher told me : a graphic adaptation / James W. Loewen and Nate Powell.

Van Pelt Library E175.85 .L642 2024
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Loewen, James W., author.
Contributor:
Powell, Nate, illustrator.
New Press, publisher.
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States--History--Textbooks--Juvenile literature.
United States.
United States--Historiography--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America in textbooks--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America in textbooks.
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks--Juvenile literature.
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.
Racism in textbooks--Juvenile literature.
Racism in textbooks.
United States--History--Textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
United States--Historiography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Indians of North America in textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism in textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
Historiography.
Genre:
Comics (Graphic works)
History
Juvenile works
Textbooks
Graphic novels.
Nonfiction comics.
Educational comics.
Physical Description:
264 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : The New Press, 2024.
Summary:
"A graphic adaptation of the bestselling book about what most American history textbooks get wrong"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: Something has gone very wrong
Handicapped by history: The process of hero making
1493: The true importance of Christopher Columbus
The first Thanksgiving
Red eyes
Gone with the wind: The invisibility of racism in American history textbooks
John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks
The land of opportunity
Watching big brother: What textbooks teach about the Federal government
See no evil: Choosing not to look at the war in Vietnam
Down the memory hole: The disappearance of the recent past
History and the future
Does this way of teaching history work?
Notes:
"Adapted and illustrated by Nate Powell"--front cover.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9781620977033
1620977036
OCLC:
1376499816

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