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Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
I was watching the "Colonial House" on PBS (this reality?? show where they take a bunch of modern Americans and throw them back to the days of Plymoth Plantation) and they raised a point about the mistreatment of the Indians. I know it isn't as glossed over as the topic used to be, but the one Native American who still lives with her tribe was telling the "settlers" about how the real Thanksgiving never happened, and how the settlers allowed religious freedom for their own religion...everyone else in America was allowed to practice his religion of choice but the Indians. I also know in history books, things like "The Trail of Tears" is kind moved over quickly.
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Absolutely. We are drowning in misconceptions about our past! By the way, I LOVE Colonial House. I also watched Frontier House and 1900 House.
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The other thing I was thinking about (not sure how far foward you go into history) but if you get to WW2 and the Concentration camps and all, consider talking about the people who don't believe in the Holoucast and how it wasn't just the Jews. There is a whole course offered at my school that is called "Non-Jewish Victums of the Holocaust". If you do ANYTHING about the Holocaust, I highly recommend looking at my college's website (www.stockton.edu) we have one of the biggest Holocaust resources out there...the college even offers minors and masters in the Holocaust studies.
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Thank you for the link! This is something that I personally want to know more about.