Curiously enough, I heard nothing about the Trail of Tears in high school and college history classes. Of course, I didn’t hear anything about the WWII era camps for Japanese-Americans either, so there you go.
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@JoeLeydon
It’s so interesting to me to hear that Government Schools don’t teach this, I was homeschooled and thought all this was common knowledge, all my history curriculum talked at length about it and the other atrocities.
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@ByronLafayette
Keep in mind: I graduated from high school in 1969. In New Orleans, where Andrew Jackson is... well, have you ever heard of Jackson Square?
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@DCGrandma52
Didn't learn about those until much later. But I can't say I was surprised: In Catholic grade and high school, I saw instructors do things to kids that would get them tossed into jail today.
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@JoeLeydon
@KathyHoldshope
Yep me either. Learned it on my own. That’s Texas public school for you!
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@KathyHoldshope
My experience was in New Orleans Catholic schools, but there you go.
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@JoeLeydon
I actually did learn a bit about the trail of tears in high school but only because my mother was a teacher there and she had a special interest in Native American history.
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@LouDPhillips
That’s weird - I’m in my late 50’s - went all through school and college here in California - and I learned about both things🤷🏻♀️
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@LouDPhillips
I don’t understand that. I went to DOD and public schools in the 70s and 80s and I feel like both came up a lot.
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@LouDPhillips
They don't teach that in America?😳 Back in my school days even here in Germany we learned about the trail of tears, the massacre of wounded knee etc in history class when America was the lessons subject.
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@JoeLeydon
I graduated from high school 30 years ago, and it was definitely taught in Oklahoma.
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@LouDPhillips
I think it depended on the type of History Class you took. In American History I learned about it in High School. There were at least 3 different kinds of History classes when I went. American, World & “European” but I think it was called something else…
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@Birdy53044714
Wow, a lot of people on X complaining about not learning the basics in high school. Just because you didn't learn doesn't mean you weren't taught. All of these subjects were taught while you were busy doing other, more interesting, things.
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