what are schools teaching our kids now days about ww2?

Question

i am amazed from here and every where when u ask somebody how ww2 started for America they will tell that after the Japanese bombed pearl we declared war on japan and Germany. when in fact we only declared war on japan Hitler declared war on us three days later. so what is my taxes paying for so my kid can not know the right answer ?

Answer 1

Now from someone that actually knows what they are talking about.

I've taught American History for 21 years and I've met about 3,000 parents that like to b i t c h about everything that takes place in the schools. Generally the biggest complainers are the parents that have some pet topic that they think ought to be taugh in extreme detail in school and if schools don't teach THEIR favorite topic then the education system is failing. I started WW II today in class (what a coincidence) and in my discussion today I covered the following:

1. The period between the wars (WWI and WW II) and what the key nations were doing during that time period.
a. Spain and the revolution by Franco and the assistance of Hitler
b. The rise of fascism in Italy and Spain
c. The emergence of Japan as a military power and the fact that the United States feared Japan much more than ANY other country at the start of WW II
d. The rise of Hitler (only briefly since I teach AMERICAN history and not European history.)
e. The passage of the American Neutrality Acts of 1835, 1936, and 1937 and the consequences of America's "Head in the Sand" diplomacy.
2. The origins of Hitler's blitzkrieg and the components that made it such a powerful tool in World War II
3. And finally the rise of Stalin in the U.S.S.R. and the differences between nazism, fascism, and communism.


And that was today's discussion. Tomorrow we will cover Germany's take over of Austria, invasion of the Sudetenland, the Munich Conference, England knuckling under giving Hitler everything he wanted, and the invasion of the rest of Czechoslovakia.


And there you have a two-day summary of MY class.


Does this meet with YOUR approval?

Answer 2

What are schools teaching about anything anymore. They seem more focused on blowing sunshine up students @sses, than they are with teaching a decent useable curriculum. Multi-cultural awarness and acceptance lessons anyone. Or what about not having grades, or especially not giving anyone a failing grade. I heard of one grade school which passed a box around the third grade class with the words "whose special", and inside was a mirror with the words "you are". Talk about wasting my money on a half hour feel good waste of time.

Many American college students don't know where Iraq is on a map. History is usually glossed over and condensed by schools who seem to promote an initially glorious look at American History up until ca1830, and than evil America from 1830 to 1861, when the good north conquered the slave holding south(although many in the south didn't own slaves.) After this it usually depends on the teacher, which isn't saying much because some history teahers are as inept as their students.

Are schools love to keep things simple, easy to identify bad guey and good guys, middle ground is avoided at all costs. Dissent within groups is usually ignored, and complex issues like the cause of the civil war are glossed over and ignored. I'm just glad I had the ambition to teach myself world and american history. Otherwise I might be as dumb as some ivy league students who don't know basic historical and geographical information. We are unwittingly setting are selves up for the rise of demagogue and their political machine if we don't do something real and not superficial to our schools.

Answer 3

High school history classes are courses that cover long periods of time. The amount of curriculum that needs to be taught can at times lower the quality and amount of detail concerning a specific subject. My U.S History class doesnt mention Operation Market Garden in WW2, but that's only because we need to learn and understand other aspects of the era.
When I took AP European history last year, I discovered a large variety of subjects that captured my interests for outside the classroom, but I didnt have to time to pursue those until I completed the other items course to prepare for the Ap Exam. The whole point of history classes at the high school level is to teach the kids a little about a lot of things. Those who take interest about that little can go ahead and learn more about it by thesmelves.

Answer 4

Lol.

That's not all.

Most schools teach that the civil war was fought ONLY due to slavery. They don't even bring up all the other issues that caused the south split.

I think schools these days slack on the learning because the kids don't want to learn. The kids don't want to learn because they'd rather play video games and sports than get educated.

Those same people who don't know anything about WW2 probably don't know anything about korea or vietnam, either.

Which is why they side with liberals and democrats about pulling out of iraq.

Answer 5

it start from 1905 in japan and Russian war. when russia lost US president T Roosevelt allowed japan to take korea as japanese colony.

after WWI US allowed japan to have german colonies in china

and japan increased its power just being american allies.

and when japan got its power in asia US and other brittan told japan that japan could only have 3/5 of naval size that US had, to limit japanese power, and japan got ticked off.

US made embargo on japan to stop japan to further get its power in 1941.

japan got bad and told US that japan declares war on US,
US ignores it.

Japan attack P-H and many other american territories.

Germany declared war on US.

not to forget this is only the biggining of US entering the wr, all the othe country was already at the war.

if US did not give japan KOREA and CHINA this war had not started. cuz it was illegal at first and was unfair to koreans and chinese