Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong

Introduction: Something has gone very wrong

Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making

1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus

Truth about the first Thanksgiving

Red eyes

"Gone with the wind": the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks

John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks

Land of opportunity

Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government

See no evil: choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam

Down the memory hole: the disappearance of the recent past

Progress is our most important product

Why is history taught like this?

What is the result of teaching history like this?

Afterword: The future lies ahead, and what to do about them.