Oh please, schools barely made it past WW1 in history classes even when I was in school. They do a quick jump to the civil rights movement and then speed run through everything post 70s during that post-test period a few weeks before summer starts and everyone already knows if they’ve graduated
My partner and I are only just learning the details of the War of 1812 now that we’re in our 30s. Virtually everyone we’ve asked agrees that they were never taught much about it in school. It was maybe a page max, and we grew up in NY state.
Now that we’re researching it and learning Canada’s side of it, it’s eye opening as to why we were never taught about it.
Tbf, I took a semester on Canadian History, and well, there’s not a lot there. It’s American history-lite. Like one of your big battles had like 30 casualties.
Oh please, schools barely made it past WW1 in history classes even when I was in school. They do a quick jump to the civil rights movement and then speed run through everything post 70s during that post-test period a few weeks before summer starts and everyone already knows if they’ve graduated
My partner and I are only just learning the details of the War of 1812 now that we’re in our 30s. Virtually everyone we’ve asked agrees that they were never taught much about it in school. It was maybe a page max, and we grew up in NY state.
Now that we’re researching it and learning Canada’s side of it, it’s eye opening as to why we were never taught about it.
In Canada we learned all about the war of 1812.
Tbf, I took a semester on Canadian History, and well, there’s not a lot there. It’s American history-lite. Like one of your big battles had like 30 casualties.
Burning down the Whitehouse is a point of pride for Canadians.