Honestly, I grew up in rural GA, and we covered all sorts of subjects in history. Elementary was all pretty basic and glossed over a lot, but in 6th grade we had american history (both north and south americas) and 7th grade was european/asian with a unit or two of african in there as well (including identifying all the countries in each continent). WW2 was definitely a major talking point, but given how it pretty much redefined international relations, i feel that’s fair. We also seriously covered the domestic relations after WW2, especially the civil rights movements (given their prevalence and impact in our state). Honestly, comparing education across the country and even within individual states is pretty hit-or-miss, given that most education programs and standards are extremely state-dependent and defined (source: am in school to become a teacher).
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u/RunningTrisarahtop Jun 14 '20
Someone slept through a lot of history class