I remember HS history was incredibly neutered. It was still America is Heroes. There were small cracks, like Japanese internment camps. Or the Trail of Tears. But they had a single paragraph or two. I remember reading about the Vietnam war and how people “feel” about it.
Only during college did I read about real history. Things like our meddling in the Philippines. Our meddling in South America. Our meddling in Southeast Asia after WW2.
The worse is that the text books are owned by conservatives, so expect even more neutering/white washing.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
What world history do they teach in the US?
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How Ancient Greece created Western Democracy and separated us from the savages.
Frank’s Ferdinand got assassinated and that was bad, therefore assassinations only make things worse.
WWII and how the US saved the world.
Russians were scary but America won.
Subdivide6857@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Spot on. Make sure the kids know the US is exceptional.🤢
Dr_Box@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah this is pretty accurate
rayyy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fascist world history, aka, Republican party history. Seems their failed fascist “Business plot” was skipped over in school history books.
nomy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The only reason it failed was because the traitors mistakenly chosen a good and loyal American soldier who informed FDR of the plot.
Smedley Butler is a name that has essentially been forgotten due to his later views on American business interests and foreign imperialism.