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A Presentation By Dr. James W. Loewen October 9, 2001
In response, he wrote Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong, in part a scathing critique of existing textbooks, but also a gripping retelling of American history as it should - and could - be taught. Lies My Teacher Told Me won the American Book Award, the Oliver C. Cox Award for Anti-Racist Scholarship, and the Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. James Loewen taught race relations for twenty years at the University of Vermont. Previously he taught for eight years at a predominantly African American Tougaloo College, and Mississippi State University. Sponsored by: The Lexington Network, KFTC, The Humanitarium and at Transylvania by the Diversity Enhancement Program, The Education Program, The Humanities Division, The Lilly Project, The Social Sciences Division, and Phi Alpha Theta.
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James Loewen spent two years at the Smithsonian Institute
surveying the twelve leading high school text books on
American history. He found an embarassing blend of bland
optimism, blind nationalism, and plain misinformation.
