History and the truth

After reading 1984 and thinking about how the Party in Oceania influences Winston's perception of truth as well as history got me thinking about the history that we are taught. We learned history according to the way the authors of our textbooks present them. I believe history textbooks published in America will present historical events with different spins that other countries would. For example, how do you think the children in England are presented with information about the American Revolution? Or, how do elementary school children in Germany learn about World War II? We are given some undeniable facts in history classes, but alongside these facts we are also presented with the author's slant, and even the teacher's, so I guess our sense of truth in the history we learn is also warped. This is a little bit disturbing to think about because it kind of parallels some of the things going on in 1984. Members of Oceania know what is "true" to be whatever they are taught. I guess what sets us apart from Party members is that we are also taught to question what we learn, while they do not know to think for themselves.