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To: longnshort who wrote (39897)	3/29/2005 12:58:19 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Respond to of 173976

Ok, here is the TOC of my son's sixth grade history book: People of the Stone Age Southwest Asia Ancient Egypt Ancient Nubia India and Persia China Ancient Greece Ancient Rome The Olmecs and the Mayas Aztecs and Incas People and Places (current countries and cultures) History, Government, and Economy (an introduction) I don't have the seventh grade book, but as I remember from my daughter's class last year, it was Middle Ages and Age of Exploration, including Europe, Africa, and Asia. Eighth grade is all American history, starting with Indian peoples in the first chapter, then the colonists: First Americans COlonial Settlement 1587-1770 Creating a Nation 1763-1791 The New Republic 1789-1825 The Growing Nation 1820-1860 Civil War and Reconstruction 1846-1896 Reshaping the Nation 1858-1914 Reform and Expansion 1865-1914 In high school here, they get American Civ & Government and more history, where they can later get into more specialized history (e.g. European History). Is it too much diversity and not enough roots? I don't think so. But, I do think that, overall, schools try to cover more ground than when we did, and since they don't have time for any one subject, they tend to repeat themselves in later grades. So, you could have a point. If so, that point would not be limited to history; I think they may need more in-depth learning techniques to let the information 'stick' in the kids.