Overview: In Chapter 13 of Lies, Loewen describes what he believes to be the ramifications of teaching history incorrectly, uninterestingly, and in some cases lazily. His primary argument in the chapter is based on war-support statistics for the Vietnam war as a product of education. His conclusion is essentially this: the blase, always-positive version of U.S history that is given in America results in a type of indoctrination-lite, whereby educated people are more likely to believe in and support the status quo. The photo above shows Donald Trump, Emanuel Macron, and their wives in a recent diplomatic visit. I elaborate in the screencast below.
Screencast: Screencast 20 (Long)
Big Question: What can educators do to prevent the outcomes described by Loewen?
Interactive Site: Insofar as statistic sites can be considered "interactive," this blog's interactive site presents data from Pew Research that runs counter to one of Loewen's assertions. The Republican Party is no longer the party of the educated. There has been a complete reversal of that trend in the last two decades. I touch on this in the screencast.
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