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
"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
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.
