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Class Dismissed provides a critical analysis of how US history is taught in high schools, specifically via the textbook. It contains in depth interviews with leaders in history education, including Howard Zinn and Peter Lowen, public school teachers, and the students themselves. They discuss how issues of race, class, and gender are often downplayed or ignored in the textbooks in the quest to present a patriotic picture of American society. Produced in 2004. 28 minutes.
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