Loewen
LOEWEN WRITES THAT HISTORY TEXTBOOKS MOSTLY FAIL IN THEIR TREATMENT OF:
Social Class
WHY, ACCORDING TO LOEWEN, IS SOCIAL CLASS "PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE IN SOCIETY"?
BECAUSE IT CORRELATES WITH ALMOST ALL OTHER SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN MEASURE
THE FIRST COUNTRY CARITAT IS FORCED TO VISIT IS:
UTILITARIA
RASHOMON IS THE NAME OF:
CITY GATE
IF A PERSON WERE A LOWER-CLASS PASSENGER ON THE TITANIC, THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE HAD A GREATER CHANCE OF DYING. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
INSTEAD OF DISCUSSION SOCIAL CLASS, LOEWEN WRITES THAT HISTORY TEXTBOOKS MOSTLY FOCUS INSTEAD ON:
UPWARD MOBILITY
JAMES LOEWEN SUGGESTS THAT IF HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHERS REALLY WANTED TO TEACH A SUBJECT WELL THEY WOULD:
TEACH AGAINST THE TEXTBOOK
CARITAT'S WIFE, SUSANA, DIED....
FROM MEDICAL NEGLECT
RASHOMON IS BETTER UNDERSTOOD, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLASS AS
AN ESSAY ON SEEING AND THE LIMITS OF EYEWITNESSES
IN THE LATE TWENTIETH AND EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES THE UNITED STATES BECAME MORE:
UNEQUAL
"IN FACT, MOST AMERICANS DIE IN THE SAME SOCIAL CLASS IN WHICH THEY WERE BORN, SOCIOLOGISTS HAVE SHOWN, AND THOSE WHO ARE MOBILE USUALLY RISE OR FALL JUST A SINGLE SOCIAL CLASS." TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
LOEWEN SUGGESTS THAT THE FOLLOWING SKILLS ARE CRUCIAL WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING:
EVALUATE CLAIMS, READ CRITICALLY, AND SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND CAUSES OR RESULTS
WHAT WAS THE WORST THING ABOUT CARITAT'S ARREST?
THEY SMASHED HIS SPECTACLES
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS WERE PRESENT IN THE WOODED GROVE, EXCEPT:
THE COMMONER
WHAT HAS FALLEN STEADILY SINCE 1967?
THE PROPORTION OF HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BETWEEN 75 PERCENT AND 125 PERCENT OF MEDIAN INCOME
WHAT IS AN ANACHRONISM (FROM WHICH LOEWEN USES THE ADJECTIVE, "ANACHRONISTIC")?
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT IS NOT IN ITS CORRECT HISTORICAL OR CHRONOLOGICAL TIME, ESPECIALLY IF BELONGED IN A EARLIER TIME PERIOD
LOEWEN'S CHAPTER 6, AN EXAMINATION OF THE WAY IN WHICH TEXTBOOKS TEACH JOHN BROWN AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SUGGEST THAT IDEAS....
IRRELEVANT
JAMES LOEWEN HAS RECEIVED MAIL AND MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE WHO READ HIS BOOK, LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME. LOEWEN ONCE RECEIVED A POSTCARD FROM EL PASO. THE POSTCARD....
ANONYMOUS, SAID WHAT OF A PIECE OF RACIST TRASH AND SAID TAKE YOUR SOUL TO AFRICA WHERE YOU CAN ADJUST THAT HISTORY
WHAT, ACCORDING TO LOEWEN, IS A "PRIME SOURCE" OF TEXTBOOK PUBLISHER "ANGST"?
NOT WINNING ADOPTION IN TEXAS