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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For example, the presentation on the Depression was incredibly naive.  As an economist, I think they could easily do better.
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Yay!  Big government miraculously pulls us out of a Depression that only lasted eight years!  FDR saves the nation!  Hoover didn't care since he didn't enlarge the government enough.  (He did expand the government: look it up.) FDR further expands the government and eventually going into war saves the economy.
Never mind that no economic downturn had ever lasted that long in the past.  I'm sure that there was no alternative view on what was happening and how to fix it.  After all, the teacher didn't mention it.  We certainly wouldn't want to look at the issues discussed in the 1936 election.[/quote]

A couple things here. 1) Feel free to teach your DC this extra info. Parents do it ALL the time. Oh you learned about (blank)? Did you know (blank)?  2) Teachers are given a curriculum with standards. Did you review it on VDOE? Maybe limited info was taught so that they could spend time in other areas. VDOE often asks for parent feedback, feel free to give yours.[/quote]

For many TJ students APUSH or the combined Government/English classes (forget the acronym) are perfunctory courses to 1) pad their GPA and 2) meet graduation requirements (in that order). Even though they are encouraged to look beyond the curriculum for deeper understanding and knowledge about a particular topic, their primary concern is acing the AP Calc or Differential Math exam and not digging for deeper insight into the 1932 election and the success of Roosevelt's every man approach.[/quote]

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