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Lies My Teacher Told Me. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong is a 1995 book by James W. Loewen that critically examines twelve popular American high school history textbooks. [ 1] In the book, Loewen concludes that the textbook authors propagate false, Eurocentric, and mythologized views of American history.
Holt McDougal is an American publishing company, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, that specializes in textbooks for use in high schools.. The Holt name is derived from that of U.S. publisher Henry Holt (1840–1926), co-founder of the earliest ancestor business, but Holt McDougal is distinct from contemporary Henry Holt and Company, which claims the history from 1866.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ( / ˈhoʊtən /; [ 9] HOH-tən; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works. The company is based in the Boston Financial District. It was formerly known as Houghton Mifflin Company, but it changed its name following the 2007 acquisition of Harcourt ...
W. H. R. Rivers. William McDougall FRS [ 1] ( / məkˈduːɡəl /; 22 June 1871 – 28 November 1938) was an early 20th century psychologist who was a professor at University College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University and Duke University. [ 2] He wrote a number of influential textbooks, and was important in the development of the ...
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (often abbreviated to The Generall Historie) is a book written by Captain John Smith, first published in 1624. The book is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, histories of the territory administered by ...
64.7. Comp Pct. 92.1. QBRat. Smith is just one year removed from a season in which he finished as the overall QB5 while leading the league in completion percentage, yet we’re fleeing from him in ...
On Monsieur's Departure. "On Monsieur’s Departure" is an Elizabethan poem attributed to Elizabeth I. It is written in the form of a meditation on the failure of her marriage negotiations with Francis, Duke of Anjou, but has also been attributed to her alleged affair with, and love of, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester .
March 5, 1849 (1849-03-05) (aged 52) South Hadley, Massachusetts. Resting place. Mount Holyoke College. Mary Mason Lyon ( / ˈlaɪ.ən /; February 28, 1797 – March 5, 1849) was an American pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, (now Wheaton College) in 1834.