Luckily, I grew up in a time (and state - deep blue) where it was taught, but even then I was acutely aware that it was a very recent change in the curriculum. In many places in the US I’m sure it’s still not on the curriculum - or quietly skipped or skimmed over.
I grew up in the deep dark pines of Texas, but I had a good civics teacher. She taught us about this, and how Japan was trying to surrender before Nagazaki, and about Eugene Debs, and about the ERA.
Sadly that school district got rid of Civics, Home Ec, Metal Shop, Auto Shop and Programming Class during no child left behind… Explains how we’re getting the politicians we get so easily now.
I was going to mention that this shit was never taught to us on school. Despicable.
Luckily, I grew up in a time (and state - deep blue) where it was taught, but even then I was acutely aware that it was a very recent change in the curriculum. In many places in the US I’m sure it’s still not on the curriculum - or quietly skipped or skimmed over.
I grew up in the deep dark pines of Texas, but I had a good civics teacher. She taught us about this, and how Japan was trying to surrender before Nagazaki, and about Eugene Debs, and about the ERA.
Sadly that school district got rid of Civics, Home Ec, Metal Shop, Auto Shop and Programming Class during no child left behind… Explains how we’re getting the politicians we get so easily now.
I grew up in Texas, and this was absolutely part of our US history curriculum (~1998)