With approximately 6,000 years of recorded human history, there’s a lot to cover – so, what should we cover?
In my view, adjusting for age levels, we should cover the basics – who founded this nation and why. The Civil War. The settlement of the west. The American rise to world power (which would include WWII). After that, it gets more tricky, because we’re dealing with areas where a lot of people have current political axes to grind. Additionally, a lot of flat out lies and just bags of half truths have made it into the national consciousness – and a great deal of these have ardent defenders – so to write the truth would, in and of itself, become controversial. So, stick with the basics and allow the kids to find out about post-WWII history on their own, or in college.
What do you think?
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