All I remember from social studies up until about 7th grade was a lot of units on slavery and Jim Crow and racism against African Americans and Native Americans. Then in 7th grade we finally started covering some old world, European trade ships, but it quickly devolved into flagellating how abused the natives were by these conquistadors.
But seriously, 1st through 7th was just all slavery all the time in history.
All I remember from social studies up until about 7th grade was a lot of units on slavery and Jim Crow and racism against African Americans and Native Americans. Then in 7th grade we finally started covering some old world, European trade ships, but it quickly devolved into flagellating how abused the natives were by these conquistadors.
But seriously, 1st through 7th was just all slavery all the time in history.
That's astonishing. Easy job for the teachers!