EDITORIAL REVIEW: Art and text sum up the new thinking about Columbus in a graphically appealing format. Using this colorful 32'' x 21'' poster, students are introduced to artwork and writings from primary sources on the early history of the Americas. With this original material, teachers can help s
Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong
โ Scribed by Loewen, James W
- Publisher
- New Press
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- UND
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781565840089
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
Art and text sum up the new thinking about Columbus in a graphically appealing format. Using this colorful 32" x 21" poster, students are introduced to artwork and writings from primary sources on the early history of the Americas. With this original material, teachers can help students understand the perspectives of people who were here first, analyze historical myths, and read their textbooks more critically. The booklet provides a full discussion of this period in history.
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### Review For years textbooks have taught children to root for the heroic 'discoverers' of America and to ignore the perspectives of the people who were here first. The Truth about Columbus puts these textbooks on trial, and convicts them of systematically distorting and even lying about history.
### Review For years textbooks have taught children to root for the heroic 'discoverers' of America and to ignore the perspectives of the people who were here first. The Truth about Columbus puts these textbooks on trial, and convicts them of systematically distorting and even lying about history.
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Art and text sum up the new thinking about Columbus in a graphically appealing format. Using this colorful 32" x 21" poster, students are introduced to artwork and writings from primary sources on the early history of the Americas. With this original material, teachers can help stu
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Art and text sum up the new thinking about Columbus in a graphically appealing format. Using this colorful 32" x 21" poster, students are introduced to artwork and writings from primary sources on the early history of the Americas. With this original material, teachers can help stu