Jingoism in US elementary school education is truly Somethingpic.twitter.com/Evr4kCJZr5
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Jingoism in US elementary school education is truly Somethingpic.twitter.com/Evr4kCJZr5
This is all from my 8yo’s virtual school social studies module, specifically today’s lessonpic.twitter.com/lnzvYf7XIR
I honestly cannot think of a single instance in Australian education where we were taught that someone was a hero, let alone a whole unit on what heroism is. The ANZAC stuff comes closest, but even that was more about bravery.pic.twitter.com/YFaBPYrVRE
The way this unit manages to both call Sitting Bull a hero while framing reservations as a wholly positive thing... whew.pic.twitter.com/XasxHgG6ru
It really contextualises how willing Americans are to call literally anyone whose job remotely serves the public good a “hero” without interrogating the systems behind individual actions or what complicity in those systems means. They’re literally taught it as children.
You don’t question heroes, and if they ARE heroes, then why would you examine the systems that produce them, either? It’s just bizarre.
Absolutely agree, although having been through both American/Australian education systems, I did find that at least in the U.S. they tried to teach me about local Native American people/cultures. In Australia, history (especially Aboriginal history) was mostly ignored.
We did a lot on Aboriginal history when I was in high school, but it wasn’t free from racism.
Interesting. I was taught a little bit in primary school, but my younger siblings (who went to different primary/high schools than me) know practically nothing. To me, it just really feels like our government/education system is willing to just forget about it
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