Upcoming Community Book Discussion:
Join us on Saturday, September 26 from 11 am -12 pm for a community book discussion moderated by Stephanie Williams, Cultural Humility Practitioner, on James W. Loewen's book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. Selling nearly two million copies, the book won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship. Thought provoking, nonpartisan, and often shocking, Loewen unveils the real America in this classic beloved by high school teachers, history buffs, and enlightened citizens across the country.
Ms. Stephanie Williams is a native of Worcester, MA. She previously served as Director of Multicultural Affairs at Anna Maria College and Multicultural Affairs Liaison at Becker College developing new approaches to education and engagement around diversity and inclusion, multiculturalism, and social justice. She currently works in state government utilizing her MBA, working with marginalized populations in areas such as financial stability, economic self-sufficiency and personal growth.
About the Book:
What started out as a survey of the twelve leading American history textbooks ended up being what the San Francisco Chronicle calls “an extremely convincing plea for truth in education.” In Lies My Teacher Told Me, Loewen brings history alive in all its complexity and ambiguity. Beginning with pre-Columbian history and ranging over characters and events as diverse as Reconstruction, Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving, the My Lai massacre, 9/11, and the Iraq War, Loewen offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks, and a wonderful retelling of American history as it should—and could—be taught to American students.
Browse these discussion questions on Lies My Teacher Told Me from New Press Reading Group Guide.
Participate in Our Adult Reading Challenge:
Join WooReads Adult Challenge: Turn a New Page! starting on September 12th to log your books, share reviews with your community, and grow as a reader by taking advantage of the many programs and resources Worcester Public Library has to offer, such as this Community Book Discussion.
Additional Resources:
Reading List
Staff Picks: What to Read After Lies My Teacher Told Me
Documentaries (available on Kanopy with your Worcester Public Library card)
Slavery and the Making of America
Videos
The Origins of Race in the USA
John McKnight: The Abundant Community
There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions by Audre Lorde
TED Talk with Kimberlè Crenshaw: The Urgency of Intersectionality
TED Talk with Jerry Jang: Immaculate Perception
TED Talk with Verna Myers: How to Overcome our Biases?
Podcasts
Articles
The Atlantic: “How History Class Helped Create a ‘Post-Truth’ America”
NPR: Interview with James W. Loewen on NPR
The Washington Post: “It’s Back in the Age of ‘Alternative Facts’: ‘Lies My Teacher Told Me’
Discussion Resources
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about Race
Facinghistory.org: Teaching Current Events
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