Did you have to study your state history in school?

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by aephi alum
Not knocking Catholic schools in general, some of them are excellent... mine just happened to suck.

I hear ya there! I went to Catholic school up until grade 6 and I can remember only having math once or maybe twice a week if the teacher felt like teaching it.

As for Lifesaver's question; I grew up in Pennsylvania and I have no recollection of learning about my state's history.

[KSigkid]

We had some units on CT state history throughout school, but we never really had a requirement to learn it. There were just times when teachers would go over bits and pieces of the history.

[angelic1]

Virginia History was 4th grade..

the entire year was dedicated to Virginia history, I think it was just called Virginia History too..

we did the whole Jamestown, early settlement history, Williamsburg, Richmond, etc.

we even had a big production where we had to dress up as "Virginians" and do the virginia reel..

[ZTAngel]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
Florida.

We had a Florida history class in 4th grade, and then it was integrated in 11th grade US History.

Yup. My 4th grade social studies lessons were devoted to Florida history. In 11th grade, we spent the last month of school discussing Florida history but the class in general was American History. I haven't taken an in-depth class on Florida history since 4th grade!

[dzandiloo]

I had an awful Texas History teacher in 7th grade (a coach who used to throw a wad of dirty socks at anyone he thought was behaving badly), and hate that I didn't get much out of it. Hope my son gets a better foundation than I did....

Yup, Texas history in 7th grade..........then I took it in college at my "not a real school"

[mu_agd]

i don't remember a year dedicated to Massachusetts history, but it's kind of hard to study US history without dedicating a large portion to Mass. i remember always taking field trips to Plimouth Plantation and the Mayflower, Old Sturbridge Village, the Freedom Trail, etc all throughout elementary school.

[ADqtPiMel]

I know Indiana requires a year of Indiana history...I think maybe 5th or 6th grade, I can't remember.

Ohio does it in 7th grade, so I never had to take it...I moved to Dayton as a high school freshman.

[honeychile]

We didn't have a year of history, but I went to a very avante garde pilot school. We did a lot of weird things!

[CarolinaCutie]

North Carolina also does state history for the entire 4th grade year. I also remember most of my 8th grade class being about NC history, but that for whatever reason doesn't seem as standardized as the 4th grade year did.

[polarpi]

Originally posted by ADqtPiMel
I know Indiana requires a year of Indiana history...I think maybe 5th or 6th grade, I can't remember.

Indiana does the entire year of Indiana history in fourth grade (I remember when I was doing my observation as an education major all my friends who were assigned to the fourth grade classrooms talking about it....having to know the names of EVERY county in the state would drive me bonkers!)

I think Indiana's social studies curriculum is set up pretty similarly to what AGDee described....very structured.

I don't think California had the definite "CA history class", or if they did, I didn't learn it in my schools! (And I never built a mission, either! )

[astroAPhi]

I never had to take anything like that while in Illinois, and when I went to Florida for college I didn't have to take any courses on Florida history.

I wish we did take something like that in elementary school. It sure would have beat the monotony of learning the same crap over and over.

[bcdphie]

Social Studies 10 covered BC history and government.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I guess the simple answer to lifesaver's question is no. I never attended public school after kindergarten so perhaps someone who did is more qualified to answer this.

I went to Catholic school from first through sixth grades. We had math, science, social studies, English language arts, religion, and reading daily and art twice a week. We touched on NYS and NYC history, but not for an entire semester.

In private school one of my social studies teacher spent an entire quarter teaching us about New York City and State government. We had to memorize the names of our elected officials and their jobs. I didn't really learn about the history of New York per se as much as government. It was also a big part of U.S. history.

[enigma_AKA]

I never took Michigan history! Matter of fact, my and friend and I both don't remember taking it. Perhaps this rule is only applicable in public schools? Because I know private schools are more flexible with curriculum (sp?). Perhaps this is a newer rule?

On another note, when I went to boarding school in Mississippi, we were required to have a semester of Mississippi studies, usually offered as a first year/freshmen class. It sucked!!!

enigma_AKA

Originally posted by AGDee
Michigan

4th grade. The entire 4th grade social studies curriculum is Michigan. Half the year is history, half the year is current/government structure/economy/symbols, etc.