Please can someone from usa tell me what do you learn in school?

Question

from history: from what year do you learn history and from geography: is it true that you don't learn every state in the world separatly and that you learn only america from geography

Answer 1

When I was going to school (1975-1988) we started learning geography and history (at least, a very simplified version) as early as kindergarten and 1st grade. Things would get progressively more complicated and detailed as you got older. We had to learn all 50 of the American states and their state capitals, as well as the provinces of Canada, at around 5th grade.
In the 7th and 8th grades, we had to learn the major landmarks and rivers throughout the world and most of the countries -- though it was pretty much a "memorize for the test, then forget" situation; I'd be lucky to correctly identify 1/3 of the countries in Africa if you asked me to today.
In high school, we were required to take 1 year of World History and 1 year of American history, as well as a 1 semester course on political science, to understand the basics of government, civil rights, etc. European History was a 1 year elective course, which people usually took for the AP (Advanced Placement) exam, which could count as college credit.

Answer 2

In 2nd-3rd grade, we start to learn some history. Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America is always our first lesson. We must study the colonial history of the United States and be able to name all 50 states.
In middle school, we are taught about our civil war, World War I and II, and about the various countries, geography and cultures of the world. We are also required to learn a foreign language (usually Spanish or French), but some schools have more choices like German, Japanese, Russian and Chinese.
However, all schools are not the same, and some schools have better programs and teachers.
We do not learn about every country in the world, and I am sure that no country teaches their children about EVERY country in the world.

Answer 3

No, it depends on the grade level. We learn all history from ancient to modern, and in Geography the world is changing so much it is hard to keep up with different countries names, but we do learn about the continents and different countries. We even learn history in college.

Answer 4

In spite of many good answers here, I have found over time that Americans in general have a very poor Geography knowledge.

I worked with an American once who because he couldn't quite fit a map of the world on his office partition wall, cut a slice of it off, and managed to lose my country - New Zealand.

Most Americans think New Zealand is just off the coast of Australia, when in fact it is separated by the Tasman Sea, which is over half as wide as the Atlantic ocean.

Answer 5

This always depends upon the individual local school system.

There are general guidelines, but the exact topics covered in any grade or class is largely dependent upon the local school board. There does seem to be a priority to cover local history and geography, and yes, sometimes to the exclusion of other areas.

Answer 6

No it's not true we only learn about America. We are taught about other places it depends on if anything Noteworthy has happen there like: War, Birth place of a great person, or Destroyed by Earthquakes.

Answer 7

we dont learn every country separately, but we do learn about other countries, continents, major events around the world. we learn history all the way back (ancient greece far back, at least) depending on your teacher, evolution (which i never learned in school) we do not just focus on america, although it is more prominent than other places. (my own experiance in new york state schools)

Answer 8

regrettably, presently, U.S. scholars are transforming into brainwashed with socialism too. It drives me loopy by way of fact its this form of lie. each and every usa that has tried comprehensive fledged communism or socialism has failed miserably. Ask all of us who lived interior the former united statesS.R. in the process the eighty's and before or all of us who lived in Cuba how "large" socialism is. If capitalism is so poor, why do lots of folk pass away socialist international places to return and stay interior the U.S.? China does no longer be everywhere close to besides off economically at present if it wasn't for embracing particular aspects of capitalism.