In my Individual Cultural Diversity Course, I read chapter 2 in Lies My Teacher Told Me. The chapter I read in this book debunked a lot of the myths surrounding the story of the conquest and Christopher Columbus. As a future social studies teacher, I want my students to read this book and see the way history is constructed. In many historical accounts there are myths mixed in with facts. I want to my students to get an accurate account of history and American history. I would have my students read this book as well as other books and primary sources on the subject. A weakness of a lesson including this book would be using the book alone with no other sources. I would counteract this weakness by including primary sources of the historical figures discussed in the book. Lies My Teacher Told Me encourages readers to analyze historical accounts and informs them about the interpretative aspects of history.
Grade Level: 9-12
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