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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Works Inspired or Influenced by Lies My Teacher Told Me

Lies My Teacher Told Me sparked at least one pop song. Let us know if you know of other songs, novels, poems, art, etc., that seem to have been influenced in part by Lies My Teacher Told Me.

  • Lies My Teacher Told Me inspired a movie
  • Lies My Teacher Told Me inspired a new play about Helen Keller
  • Lies My Teacher Told Me inspired a novel
  • Lies My Teacher Told Me plays a major role in a novel for teens
  • Lies My Teacher Told Me brought into common parlance in U.S. culture two Kiswahili terms from central and eastern Africa: “sasha” and “zamani,” as treated by John Mbiti in African Religions and Philosophy.