Common Reading 2008-2009

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

Book Reviews

Online Databases
ProQuest Select "Review" from document type dropbox and search by author name or book title.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences Click search, then “Advanced Search” and check the box next to Review (under Limit by).

Reference Books

Need a definition of historiography? Want to understand how social factors impact education? Start here:

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Ref HM 425.B53 2007
The Christopher Columbus encyclopedia Ref E111 .C774 1992
Dictionary of American history Ref E174 .D52 2003
Education and sociology: an encyclopedia Ref LC189.95 .E38 2002
Encyclopedia of North American Indians ebook
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history Ref DS557.7 .E53 2000
Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America ebook
Oxford Reference: History ebook
Racial and Ethnic Relations in America Ref E49 .R33 2000

History Textbooks

Several of the textbooks that Loewen analyzed in Lies My Teacher Told Me are on reserve at the first floor circulation desk. Those that we do not own may be available through Interlibrary Loan(ILL):

The American Adventure (Allyn and Bacon, 1975) available via ILL
American Adventures (Steck-Vaughn 1987) available via ILL
American History (1982) On reserve: SSha.TX H37 A44 1982 Gr.8 TE
The American Pageant (1991) On reserve: E178.1 .B15 (1956 ed.)
The American Tradition (1984) On reserve: SSha.TX M47 A44 1984 Gr.9-12 TE
The American Way (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979) available via ILL
The Challenge of Freedom (1990) On reserve: SSha.TX L53 C53 Gr11-12 SE 1982
Discovering American History (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974) available via ILL
Land of Promise (Scott, Foresman, 1983) available via ILL
Life and Liberty (1984) On reserve: SSha.TX S36 L54 Gr9-12 SE 1984
Triumph of the American Nation (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986) available via ILL
The United States: A History of the Republic (Prentice Hall, 1981) available via ILL

In the second edition, Loewen also looks at the these textbooks:

The American Journey (McGraw-Hill, 2000) available via ILL
The American Pageant (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) available via ILL
The Americas (McDougal Littell - Houghton Mifflin, 2007) available via ILL
America: pathways to the present On reserve: SSha.TX P74 A44 Gr.9-12 T.E. (2003 ed.)
A History of the United States (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005) available via ILL
Holt American Nation (Holt, Rinehard & Winston - Harcourt, 2003) available via ILL

Selected Databases

Because searching "American History" and "textbook" will yield very different results in an education database than in a humanities database, you'll want to give some thought to the databases you choose to search.

General & Interdisciplinary Databases:

Education:

Sociology:

History:

Browse the catalog using one of these subject headings:

Just type one of the phrases below into the Find box, select "Subject Browse" and click Search.

Educational sociology.
Education --United States --History.
History Methodology
Sociology Methodology
United States --Historiography.
United States --History --Textbooks.

Selected Websites

James W. Loewen's Homepage @ theUniversity of Vermont - Includes author information and responses to his books.

What is your child reading in school?: how standards and textbooks influence education: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate - Examines conflicts that took place over state history standards and history textbooks, focusing on how standards and textbooks influence education (September 24, 2003).

History Textbooks at the New Century: A Report of the American Textbook Council

Other Books by Loewen...check 'em out!

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism E185.615 .L577 2006

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong available via ILL

We are the People: Voices from the Other Side of American History available via ILL