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we coverd most of those things as well Apsalar Shadowdancer Send a noteboard - 06/02/2010 08:08:22 PM
The Trail of Tears, of course, was just one episode in a sustained Westward Expansion policy that inevitably saw Indians slaughtered, pushed off their lands, infected with diseases, hooked on alcohol and marginalised. When I was in school, we discussed that, as well as the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II, the civil rights movement and a whole host of other events in US History where a lot of people should not be proud of what they did to their fellow Americans.


I'm just saying that in my school the Genocide of the Jews in WWII got like 2-3 weeks of coverage, while the American Genocide of Native Americans is really glossed over. They talk about stealing their land and moving them into Reservations, but they never really go into how many of them were killed. It was a genocide worse than the holocaust.

I think this gets to me mostly because I have some Native American friends, and have done some charity work in Reservations such as the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. That is a terrible place, a third world country right inside America.


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Censorship, promotion of books and dissemination of ideas. Tom - 05/02/2010 05:15:17 PM 1428 Views
Interesting post nossy - 05/02/2010 06:19:06 PM 943 Views
I agree. One Shakespeare is sufficient. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/02/2010 06:42:51 AM 345 Views
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Tough Subject, censorship LadyLorraine - 05/02/2010 07:24:39 PM 934 Views
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I was mostly just using it as an example, since it was what the article talked about LadyLorraine - 06/02/2010 10:20:08 PM 897 Views
tough questions random thoughts - 05/02/2010 08:26:30 PM 911 Views
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I actually ran into this in high school. Apsalar Shadowdancer - 05/02/2010 08:33:10 PM 1081 Views
I found that we covered a lot about American Indian issues in US History. Tom - 06/02/2010 06:23:16 PM 858 Views
we coverd most of those things as well Apsalar Shadowdancer - 06/02/2010 08:08:22 PM 1013 Views
Anyone interested in German history in particular and European history in general should read it. The Shrike - 05/02/2010 08:47:14 PM 1040 Views
I think jane austen and the brontes would be good to leave in LadyLorraine - 06/02/2010 03:44:10 AM 778 Views
They could read Pride & Prejudice & Zombies instead. *NM* The Shrike - 06/02/2010 04:03:34 PM 338 Views
They could. It'd be very educational. LadyLorraine - 06/02/2010 04:37:23 PM 703 Views
I read a great number of books I don't necesarily agree with, so I'm on your side. Tom - 06/02/2010 06:19:21 PM 875 Views
What about... Macharius - 18/02/2010 06:57:56 PM 1133 Views
Hmm. jh - 05/02/2010 09:11:13 PM 912 Views
It's interesting that many of the most influential books are hardly ever read. Tom - 06/02/2010 06:15:19 PM 851 Views
Love the survey. Legolas - 05/02/2010 09:42:29 PM 1028 Views
Interesting. Do you really think that Nineteen Eighty-Four is plausible? Ghavrel - 06/02/2010 10:13:56 AM 874 Views
It doesn't have to be plausible as a whole to be relevant. Legolas - 06/02/2010 08:28:20 PM 869 Views
I agree entirely Camilla - 06/02/2010 10:32:07 PM 961 Views
You raise an interesting point. Tom - 06/02/2010 06:06:20 PM 870 Views
Re: Censorship, promotion of books and dissemination of ideas. Camilla - 05/02/2010 11:09:41 PM 998 Views
Nietzsche as mandatory reading - that's a fun idea. Tom - 06/02/2010 06:00:29 PM 919 Views
Re: Nietzsche as mandatory reading - that's a fun idea. Camilla - 06/02/2010 06:03:59 PM 923 Views
Re: Censorship, promotion of books and dissemination of ideas. aria - 05/02/2010 11:47:08 PM 992 Views
Re: Censorship, promotion of books and dissemination of ideas. Camilla - 06/02/2010 12:11:06 AM 870 Views
I agree with most of that. But to quote our eminent Camilla... Ghavrel - 06/02/2010 10:30:15 AM 974 Views
Re: I agree with most of that. But to quote our eminent Camilla... aria - 06/02/2010 12:25:37 PM 895 Views
I agree on the Shakespeare (and mentioned that below). Tom - 06/02/2010 05:54:50 PM 873 Views
Re: I agree on the Shakespeare (and mentioned that below). Camilla - 06/02/2010 06:05:48 PM 979 Views
I don't think high school students need to discuss possibilities for staging. Tom - 07/02/2010 01:36:03 AM 817 Views
I think there is value to discussing staging LadyLorraine - 07/02/2010 01:52:47 AM 825 Views
nice post AgentOrange - 06/02/2010 01:27:23 AM 841 Views
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More than Sun Tzu? *NM* Legolas - 06/02/2010 08:31:44 PM 319 Views
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Sure, but he could still have influenced world history by influencing Asia... *NM* Legolas - 07/02/2010 01:35:17 AM 352 Views
Doubtful. Tom - 07/02/2010 01:41:01 AM 845 Views
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The Mongols are not East Asian. They are Central Asian. Tom - 07/02/2010 03:06:19 PM 864 Views
Neat. Ghavrel - 06/02/2010 06:41:37 AM 1109 Views
Brave New World is an excellent choice. Tom - 06/02/2010 05:15:15 PM 800 Views
In many ways, books are like automobiles or power tools... Larry - 06/02/2010 11:08:01 AM 1011 Views
The interesting thing, to my mind, is that the BBC article talks about "Lebensraum". Tom - 06/02/2010 04:46:34 PM 847 Views
And nary a thing about Alois Hitler, no? Larry - 06/02/2010 05:52:50 PM 1047 Views
I have yet to see a literature teacher in schools teach history through literature. Tom - 07/02/2010 01:33:57 AM 864 Views
But yet I know several history teachers who have done this Larry - 07/02/2010 10:38:49 AM 958 Views
Viewing history through a literary prism is usually an injustice to the study of history. Tom - 07/02/2010 03:16:30 PM 930 Views
No, the opposite: viewing literature through historical lens is what I'm interested in Larry - 07/02/2010 03:31:04 PM 907 Views
Re: Censorship, promotion of books and dissemination of ideas. Novo - 06/02/2010 01:44:07 PM 962 Views
I agree that Shakespeare is over-emphasised. Tom - 06/02/2010 04:29:16 PM 731 Views
Before responding to others, I'll post my own responses Tom - 06/02/2010 04:26:53 PM 990 Views
Re: Before responding to others, I'll post my own responses Camilla - 06/02/2010 10:34:10 PM 807 Views
Hmm. Rebekah - 06/02/2010 11:33:02 PM 876 Views
New Zealand has culture? Tom - 07/02/2010 03:25:28 PM 1034 Views
Which book of his would you recommend ? AgentOrange - 09/02/2010 04:20:15 PM 822 Views
The Whale Rider is lovely. Rebekah - 10/02/2010 02:36:01 PM 746 Views
I will answer yiour survey but may I ask a question first? What did you think of Steinbeck? Tashmere - 07/02/2010 06:20:52 AM 812 Views
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