I used to get so annoyed in history - all grades- when I was in school because they never managed to finish the textbook. Maybe got up to WWI or so and then just ran out of time. I never understood why the teachers didn't just divide # of chapters by weeks of class and get it done. Luckily I did a lot of reading on my own but I don't think kids do that as much now. Their lack of knowledge of history is appalling.
I don't think any of our teachers use textbooks anymore. If you think your history education was bad, mine was awful.
Elementary school : Almost nothing. No, really. I don't think I was formerly taught about the civil war until high school.
Middle school "social studies" : global warming (yes, global warming), islam, native Americans, silk road, world religions, Timbuktu. I honestly cannot remember anything else.
In high school, only very basic US government is taught. 95% of kids probably never read the constitution or really know what it says. Most kids can probably only remember at most half the presidents. Unless they took AP US history, most don't know when major events occurred (ex. Civil War ~ early 1860s, WW1 ~ late 1910s, WW2 ~ early 1940s, etc.).
I used to get so annoyed in history - all grades- when I was in school because they never managed to finish the textbook. Maybe got up to WWI or so and then just ran out of time. I never understood why the teachers didn't just divide # of chapters by weeks of class and get it done. Luckily I did a lot of reading on my own but I don't think kids do that as much now. Their lack of knowledge of history is appalling.
I don't think any of our teachers use textbooks anymore. If you think your history education was bad, mine was awful.
Elementary school : Almost nothing. No, really. I don't think I was formerly taught about the civil war until high school.
Middle school "social studies" : global warming (yes, global warming), islam, native Americans, silk road, world religions, Timbuktu. I honestly cannot remember anything else.
In high school, only very basic US government is taught. 95% of kids probably never read the constitution or really know what it says. Most kids can probably only remember at most half the presidents. Unless they took AP US history, most don't know when major events occurred (ex. Civil War ~ early 1860s, WW1 ~ late 1910s, WW2 ~ early 1940s, etc.).