Lies My | Teacher Told Me

Loewen identifies several ways textbooks "lie" by misrepresenting the nature of historical change:

Instead of showing slavery as a foundational economic and social system that shaped the entire U.S., textbooks often treat it as an isolated, temporary "problem" that was eventually solved. Lies My Teacher Told Me

Textbooks often frame him as a noble explorer while ignoring his role in the enslavement and genocide of the Taino people. Lies My Teacher Told Me