sam, US history classes teach a very biased view of history, its triumphalism to the extreme at times. for instance little or no mention of the invasions of Canada during the American revolution, the War of 1812, and the various Fenian raids. When the War of 1812 is mentioned, its mostly New Orleans in 1815 and a few naval battles. Nothing about the Niagara or North West Campaigns, or destruction of the towns along the Frontier in the middle of winter or the Indian massacres.
I've just finished reviewing one textbook that was simply odious in the way it treated the time period from 1756 through 1820, and this one is currently used in many states. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is that what you think they teach in American schools? And your > qualified to home school? > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> no, I had Canadian history classes that taught me that the patriots >> lost to British invaders. I would have been a bit perturbed at classes >> that taught me that this was a manifestation of the obvious rightness >> of British empire. I imagine that Hispanic or Native American kids >> might deserve better than the Texan fundamentalist equivalent. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318258 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
