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muriel_volestrangler

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14. Less and less

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 07:43 AM

Dec 2021

I had a very traditional history teacher in the late 1970s, and we probably did go through every king or queen, though some in much more detail than others (especially those with battles - boy, did he love a battle diagram). I personally can recite all the English (then British) monarchs from 1066 onwards, but I didn't have to learn that for school.

But history teaching has in general moved away from "this is the monarch; this defines the era" thought. Some eras get a lot more attention than others, in the lower grades; at one point, it was the Tudors and World War Two, though I don't know if that still holds.

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Out of curiosity, do school children in Britain have to learn [View all] sinkingfeeling Dec 2021 OP

So long as they learn who they lost to in the United States and Ireland tirebiter Dec 2021 #1

Lol.. whathehell Dec 2021 #5

Let us remember that Britain stood mostly alone holding off Hitler for two years dflprincess Dec 2021 #6

I agree with every word. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #17

spoken like a "real american" DBoon Dec 2021 #7

And don't forget all the Motown hits of that era. brush Dec 2021 #11

But the Beatles came after Motown and the Beach Boys wnylib Dec 2021 #20

Your recollection is slightly off. Motown hits kept coming thru the 60s and '70s. brush Dec 2021 #23

I remember all those groups wnylib Dec 2021 #24

Not to all demographics. brush Dec 2021 #25

Not only that, but the entire Beatles Catalogue. Sneederbunk Dec 2021 #2

I had to learn about AEthelred the Unready. El Supremo Dec 2021 #3

You might appreciate "1066 And All That" muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #13

I've got that book. El Supremo Dec 2021 #16

I did Skittles Dec 2021 #4

I think yours is the only serious answer I got. Thanks. sinkingfeeling Dec 2021 #9

Probably about like we had to "learn" all the Presidents. Midnight Writer Dec 2021 #8

I never had to learn all the presidents. dflprincess Dec 2021 #18

Other countries are jealous that Americans only have to learn 200 years of history. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #10

I suppose Egyptian history classes are no picnic, either. wnylib Dec 2021 #21

Right Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #22

The only thing I've heard is that they have to perfectly sing Bohemian Rhapsody in order to get a Karadeniz Dec 2021 #12

Less and less muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #14

When I was growing up... T_i_B Dec 2021 #15

Not really LeftishBrit Dec 2021 #19