Evangelical Christianity, the founding fathers, and the nation's schools -- Robber barons and raw deals in the classroom -- The misuse of American exceptionalism -- Teaching America's "golden age" -- Anti-historians of the left -- Teaching Ronald Reagan
Summary
The Memory Hole examines five central topics in the US history curriculum, showing how anti-historians of both the left and right seek to distort these topics and insert a refashioned story in America's classrooms. Ignoring facts, refashioning other facts and pretending that there are no rules in the telling of history, these re-interpreters of the past place the minds of America's young people in danger