AmigoJack wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:06 am
What do U.S. schools teach about German history?
When I was in school there was very broad overview of the entire world from ancient history to present. A lot of it based in the churches role but certainly the roles of other religions were covered. You can't teach history without delving into the roles religion played. Specifically with Germany major figures like Gutenberg would of been covered and of course the World Wars.
Why do you think other nations teach U.S. history, especially non-English speaking ones?
I would think the discovery of the Americas and the subsequent creation of the US are important milestones in history. Particular to Europe because it was populated and created mostly by people of European decent. In the area I live If you ask someone "what they are" you will get an answer along the lines of "I'm half polish, 1/4 Italian and 1/4 Irish". I live in a town that takes it's name from British town, the general area uses the original Native American name, regionally it's named after French representative during the Revolution.
According to Wikipedia there is 3.5 million people in my state with German decent. A lot of them are Amish many of whom still live like it is the 1600's. Horse and buggies for transportation and the strictest sects don't even have running water in the house. Some of them have some very odd rules, all of them pretty much avoid any type of electric provided by a power line. A corded drill is something they won't use but some sects battery operated is fine. They charge it using a generator, why the generator is any different than the wire from the pole I don't know. Just to be clear these people do not live in poverty and many of them are quite well off. The products they make like furniture have quite a lot of value.
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