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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know OP. My 6th grader has zero knowledge of how big the US is or where it is in relation to other countries. He was shocked that it takes less time to fly to the Dominican Republic than San Francisco. I said, “Look at the map - California is much further away.” He said “We learned in Social Studies that maps are bad because they make Africa look small.” 🤡 [/quote]

What your child picked up may not have been the only thing taught. It sounds like they learned about the Mercator vs the Gall-Peters projections. Additionally, I went to graduate school for history and there are various ways of teaching history. Presenting history as European-centric with an obsessive focus on date is sort of the old fashioned method of teaching history.

If it makes you feel better my DCPS HS student got a 5 on the AP history exam. Kids learn history in DCPS![/quote]

I think a more "modern" method of teaching history, though, needs to be built on a basic foundation of knowledge. I understand not memorizing dates (we can all look those up on our phones now). But not knowing if the Civil War happened before or after WWII is troubling.[/quote]

No one learns this in elementary school. Middle and High school, yes. Not elementary school.[/quote]

Yes - no one learns in school, but a good number of kids learn this at home or elsewhere during elementary school. [/quote]

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