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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 6th grader in a DCPS middle school who knows about all of the things you referenced. Some from school, some from reading, some from family/friends conversations… not sure this is a DCPS problem so much as anecdotal evidence that you need to pay more attention to your kid and their activities?[/quote]
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My now-sixth grader covered [b]Columbus/Native American tribes, colonial America, the American Revolution[/b], slavery and the Civil War, Westward Expansion, and immigration.  Also discussed WWI and WWII.  Didn't get to the Cold War, but I don't think I did either until HS.  [/quote]

This is all 4th grade content so if a DCPS student is arriving at middle school claiming they don't know anything about this, they were either completely checked out, don't remember or don't care. I can speak to 4th grade since I teach it and both the Early America and Rev./Ind. ELA units have significant writing assignments associated with them. The entire year of SS is dedicated to Early America and those ELA units tie it together with the SS content. And all of it feeds to 4th grade just like PP above pointed out. If a kid isn't getting this in elementary school, the school has completely sidelined the standard curriculum.[/quote]

*Feeds to 5th grade*[/quote]

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