Loewen’s point is extremely valid. The textbooks that students are given do not bring up any other way that Native Americans could migrate to the Americas. On one hand, the best that the Holt McDougal textbook does is state that, “no one knows exactly when or how people crossed into North America.” The fact that the text does make provision for there possibly being more than one interpretation for how the Native Americans initially arrive in the Americas is comforting. On the other hand, the textbook does not provide any other alternative theories. The text should provide at least one other theory to give the students another hypothesis to consider.
Loewen’s critique supports our students using the historical thinking skill of evidence and
Loewen’s critique supports our students using the historical thinking skill of evidence and