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James W. Loewen

James W. Loewen. Teaching What Really Happened. What to teach?. 30-50 topics every student should know about What is in your list?. Chapter 3. What is Historiography? What does the Almo monument tell us about 1861? What does it tell us about 1938?

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James W. Loewen

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  1. James W. Loewen Teaching What Really Happened

  2. What to teach? • 30-50 topics every student should know about • What is in your list?

  3. Chapter 3 • What is Historiography? • What does the Almo monument tell us about 1861? What does it tell us about 1938? • John Brown-Triumph of the American Nation • 1961 wild idea certain to fail • 1986 Bold idea almost certain to fail

  4. Studying Bad History p. 76 • 10 Questions • Franklin Pierce-why the treatment? • Alternative textbooks as a source

  5. Doing History • Research Paper • Interview • Family history project • Archival work-local historical society

  6. How did People Get Here? • Issues with archaeology • Presentism-applying concerns of today to peoples of the past • Chronological ethnocentrism

  7. Chapter 9 Why Did the South Secede? • Suggestions page 183 • What does this prove?

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