Hmm… Better or worse than plucking books off of the Historical Fiction shelf and teaching it to US students for a century or two?
So many Americans today still believe Christopher Columbus discovered the USA and proved the world was round, that Washington led a VOLUNTEER army of people motivated with patriotism for a country that didn’t exist yet, that Paul Revere rode through towns in the middle of the night screaming "The British are coming!" at the top of his lungs, that John Smith was a heroic figure rescued from execution by a loving Pocahontas…
…You really start to wonder if ANY US history is taught accurately.
Hmm… Better or worse than plucking books off of the Historical Fiction shelf and teaching it to US students for a century or two?
So many Americans today still believe Christopher Columbus discovered the USA and proved the world was round, that Washington led a VOLUNTEER army of people motivated with patriotism for a country that didn’t exist yet, that Paul Revere rode through towns in the middle of the night screaming "The British are coming!" at the top of his lungs, that John Smith was a heroic figure rescued from execution by a loving Pocahontas…
…You really start to wonder if ANY US history is taught accurately.