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I'm just curious as to how many states teach state history and at what grade. Here in Texas I was tought Texas history in the 7th grade.
Please don't turn this into a them vs us thing or our state pride is better than yours. I just curious is all and figured this was easier than making 50 threads.
We moved from Texas to Oklahoma while my kids were in high school and they were required to take one semester of Oklahoma history before they could graduate. I don't know if they are required to take any classes earlier in their schooling or not.
I took Washington State history classes in 8th grade. It was a requirement to move on from middle school to high school. Was pretty cool cause they split the entire 8th grade into separate groups and we stayed in different parts of the state for one week to learn about them. My group was lucky and we got to go to the San Juan islands. We learned the history of the region and then were required to take a test on it.
It was a good educational experience and It was also a great moment of bonding with fellow classmates.
With Philadelphia being a part of the nation's founding history though, we naturally learned about some PA history when learning about the Revolutionary War. We probably covered Gettysburg at some point too. Personally, I think we should have learned more about William Penn.
Now that you mention it...I wasn't taught New York State history in school (although history happens to be one of my favorite subjects, and I've done plenty of reading in this area in the years since).
I was taught NY history in 8th grade and up to that point we got a lot of NY history anyway since my county is chock full of historic houses from the Dutch settlement in the 1600s through the English colonial period, the 19th and 20th centuries. Phillipsburg Manor, VanCortland Manor, Sunnyside, etc.
My teachers took every opportunity to visit these places on field trips. We also did a lot on the local Native Americans in our area, the Siwanoy, Lene Lanapi, Wecksquageck, etc.
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