i was just thinking that... because i live in scotland and the usa is part of a course thing!! do americans have that?? oh my god, i was just asking... why is everyone so touchy??
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Yes, we do have to study the Us of A
2 :
Yes...we study our own history.
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Yep- it's a class called American History.
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yes they do! btw its Americans!!
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It's called history
6 :
u mean usa history and stuff... yes we do have to
7 :
Since 20% of Americans cannot locate the US on a map, I guess not!
8 :
Yes, we do
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Yes, we learn about America in Social Studies/History/Geography classes. I also think every state teaches a course on their individual state as well. Like I live in Florida and I had to take Florida Studies in the 9th grade.
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Yes. History, geography, geology, things like that. It's hard to tell sometimes, but English is also required.
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Yeah, we learn about America's history and the government, laws, etc. :]
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Yes, we study world history and US history. We study it every year from about 1st grade up through high school!
13 :
Yes
14 :
Yes. Schools here call is US History or American History.
15 :
Yes. In fact, I'm getting certified to be a U.S. History teacher, along with World History and Geography.
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yeah, we have to study american history, geography and all that. There are tons of courses devoted to american history.
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We study the history of our own country all the way from elementary school through college.
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We study American History in school. Though, unfortunately, there is more of an emphasis on American history than that of other other countries
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Yes, we have to study both American History and Civics, which amounts to "American Government" throughout primary and secondary school.
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Of course. We have to know our history. In a typical high school you have a course called "American History" and another called "World History" Although, I don't remember ever studying Scotland. It was mainly England and Spain and how it affected America.
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Of course the USA does -- it's called Geography and History.....when the kids are young they usually start out learning more of their own particular State history and as they get older it gets more and more into everything else.
22 :
yeah, sadly enough we do... its all apart of our history..im in 8th grade, and our book is called "us history" so everyone at a point does over here :)
23 :
yes we have to take U.S. History and World Civ. in order to graduate high school.
24 :
yes..I've studied the middle east too and Europe..uh and Africa..it's good to learn about the world!
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There was a US History course at my highschool so...yes. Or did you mean do school kids in the US study the history of Scotland and other countries and such? BUT..most people in the US aren't the most savvy at geography of any kind...even that of the US itself so...
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We do, but they teach standard LIES, like columbus discovered america and the Indians were blood hungry fiends who were trying to kill us, and how we gloriously overtook them and they deserved to be on reservations.
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Every year of school 1st through 12th grade we study some form of American History. I think only two years of history are req'd in some states so that might be 10th grade for some. But I did four. Usually we study beginning with the roman empire and get up to the first world war. Only once had my class ever reached present day in History (aka Social Studies). In college, I had western and non-western elective classes that I was req'd to take so I got some American History in there too.
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yes we do and we don't to any other kind of history till 6th grade it suckz!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's funny but when I was growing up the history teachers would stop talking about the USA at right about 1900. They wouldn't cover the 20th century!!! I think it is changed some though. Now, here is the important thing about it. Did you know that if you asked a bunch of high schoolers where the US is on a world map, a pretty decent percent would find it. However, if you asked where Scotland is a LARGE percent wouldn't know. Also, the UK is still beating our pants off when it comes to education for the masses.
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Yes its call American history! then you have to study world history!
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Oh ya, we spend the majority of our time studying ourselves. The rest of the world gets very little attention. Most of the countries in Africa and Asia are completely left out. If they are included, it is only to show how they are related to the US somehow or some place we were at war with.
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Definitely! We have courses such as American History, US Geography, Economics, and Government. It's all so important to us!
33 :
Of course,,we study our home state and the entire USA, as well as US history..
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yup Jonathan :)
35 :
Yeah, we're learning states and capitals....again. I already did this in the 2nd grade dammit!
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