Lies My Teacher Told Me Lesson Plan

How would you describe the way that history has been taught to you during your past years of schooling? What are some of the strengths of this model of history education? What are some of its deficits?

In some classrooms a number of students may come from very different backgrounds; regardless of whether or not this is the case, the teacher should encourage a variety of perspectives to emerge. Even if a majority of students have had the same kind of educational experience and the same kind of reaction to it, the teacher should try to get students to thoughtfully consider the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of education. For example, if many students have...