History is all one big lie. There have been many misconceptions about the history that has been taught to students throughout grade, middle and high school. Most of these misconceptions include the background information over topics such are Christopher Columbus, the pilgrims, Native Americans, and slavery. After reading books by authors like Howard Zinn and James Loewen it made it easier to understand how the history that has been included in textbooks is manipulated and altered by certain groups of people. People of which include Texas Education Board members like Don McLeroy, Mary Lou Bruner, and Cynthia Dunbar. After the readings, it wasn’t hard to see that most of the stories that were taught to us differ greatly from what actually happened.
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This was to have enormous consequences: it led Columbus to take some of them aboard ship as prisoners because he insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold (Zinn). He as well as the others took advantage of the vulnerable people and decided to take over anything they wanted. His greed led him to go as far as genocide of the Indians and exposing them with diseases, such as smallpox, to kill their population off. Columbus and the other voyagers went as far as digging up graves so that they could find materials of value. Showing again how heartless and unheroic he actually …show more content…
Important stories that explain the foundation of our country like Columbus’ voyage and the truth behind the Native Americans. The stories that we are being taught in college courses are completely different than those that were exposed to us as we were growing up. We could face consequences such as making the mistakes that were made by people of the past, if we aren’t taught history in its true context. Of course, some of the things that were done, for example genocide, give our country a bad image but it’s something that we can learn and grow from. It’s not a big surprise that the founders of our country weren’t perfect, no one in this present day is either. The sooner they start to teach students about the real history the sooner they will start to embrace
This was to have enormous consequences: it led Columbus to take some of them aboard ship as prisoners because he insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold (Zinn). He as well as the others took advantage of the vulnerable people and decided to take over anything they wanted. His greed led him to go as far as genocide of the Indians and exposing them with diseases, such as smallpox, to kill their population off. Columbus and the other voyagers went as far as digging up graves so that they could find materials of value. Showing again how heartless and unheroic he actually …show more content…
Important stories that explain the foundation of our country like Columbus’ voyage and the truth behind the Native Americans. The stories that we are being taught in college courses are completely different than those that were exposed to us as we were growing up. We could face consequences such as making the mistakes that were made by people of the past, if we aren’t taught history in its true context. Of course, some of the things that were done, for example genocide, give our country a bad image but it’s something that we can learn and grow from. It’s not a big surprise that the founders of our country weren’t perfect, no one in this present day is either. The sooner they start to teach students about the real history the sooner they will start to embrace