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Everything your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by Loewen, James W.

Book - 2018

An examination of the current narrative patterns in American textbooks and how they can be altered to teach a more truthful and representative history. An examination of the current narrative patterns in American textbooks and how they can be altered to teach a more truthful and representative history. Show less

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Rethinking Our Past

Recognizing Facts, Fictions, and Lies in American History

by Loewen, James W.

Unknown - 2004

A helpful guide to thinking beyond the American histories that are told in order to recognize the history that actually happened. A helpful guide to thinking beyond the American histories that are told in order to recognize the history that actually happened. Show less

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Critical Thinking Skills

Effective Analysis, Argument and Reflection

by Cottrell, Stella

Book - 2017

Critical thinking, including fact-based analysis, is essential to any effective study of history. This step-by-step guide to developing critical thinking ...Show more Critical thinking, including fact-based analysis, is essential to any effective study of history. This step-by-step guide to developing critical thinking skills includes activities and explanations meant to increase readers' abilities in writing, research, persuasion, and more. Show less

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When the Facts Change

Essays, 1995-2010

by Judt, Tony

Streaming Audiobook - 2015

This book is an anthology of historian Tony Judt's works. His articles connect history to current events and delve into philosophical aspects of history. ...Show more This book is an anthology of historian Tony Judt's works. His articles connect history to current events and delve into philosophical aspects of history. Some subjects include the history and ethics of Israel and Palestine, American superpowerism, and European identity. Show less

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Silencing the Past

Power and the Production of History

by Trouillot, Michel-Rolph

Streaming Audiobook - 2015

An examination of the role of power and control in history-telling, and of the lessons we can learn from both the history we know and the history that is left out. An examination of the role of power and control in history-telling, and of the lessons we can learn from both the history we know and the history that is left out. Show less

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The Place of Stone

Dighton Rock and the Erasure of America's Indigenous Past

by Hunter, Doug

Book - 2017

Hunter examines the varied history of the interpretation of Dighton Rock, a stone in Massachusetts covered in petroglyphs. He uses that evolving interpret...Show more Hunter examines the varied history of the interpretation of Dighton Rock, a stone in Massachusetts covered in petroglyphs. He uses that evolving interpretation as an analogy for the history of American colonization and the confiscation of indigenous history from indigenous peoples themselves. Show less

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Dangerous Games

The Uses and Abuses of History

by MacMillan, Margaret

Book - 2009

A discussion of how history has been used as leverage for political and religious movements. A discussion of how history has been used as leverage for political and religious movements. Show less

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Practicing History

[selected Essays]

by Tuchman, Barbara W.

Streaming Audiobook - 2009

A selection of historian Barbara W. Tuchman's essays on the role and responsibility of historians, ethics in history, and her thoughts on global events current at the time of publication (2009). A selection of historian Barbara W. Tuchman's essays on the role and responsibility of historians, ethics in history, and her thoughts on global events current at the time of publication (2009). Show less

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History in the Making

An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling Over the Last 200 Years

by Ward, Kyle Roy

Unknown - 2006

This book describes America's changing narrative of its own history over the last 200 years and the impact that change has had on American identity. This book describes America's changing narrative of its own history over the last 200 years and the impact that change has had on American identity. Show less

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A More Beautiful and Terrible History

The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

by Theoharis, Jeanne

Book - 2018

Theoharis examines the ways in which the civil rights movement and its figures have become mythologized in American history and the way in which that narr...Show more Theoharis examines the ways in which the civil rights movement and its figures have become mythologized in American history and the way in which that narrative has kept it on a historical pedestal, preventing it from developing into a current and ever-changing movement. Show less

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The Forgotten Founders

Rethinking the History of the Old West

by Udall, Stewart L.

Unknown - 2002

The history of the American West has become a mythology of gunslingers, gold, and hostile natives. Udall redirects the limelight toward the figures he believes played the biggest role in shaping the West: migrant families. The history of the American West has become a mythology of gunslingers, gold, and hostile natives. Udall redirects the limelight toward the figures he believes played the biggest role in shaping the West: migrant families. Show less

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The Misinformation Age

How False Beliefs Spread

by O'Connor, C.

Book - 2019

We are living in the Age of Information, with virtually endless information instantly available at our fingertips. But this availability has a dark side: the rapid and rampant spread of misinformation. This book explains how misinformation works. We are living in the Age of Information, with virtually endless information instantly available at our fingertips. But this availability has a dark side: the rapid and rampant spread of misinformation. This book explains how misinformation works. Show less

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Fighting Misinformation

Digital Media Literacy

DVD - 2020

This series by the Great Courses Plus helps users develop the skills to resist misinformation in the digital world. This series by the Great Courses Plus helps users develop the skills to resist misinformation in the digital world. Show less

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