Apparently, I did find some information on the proposed standards....it would give U.S. history pre-Civil War in 4th grade, 5th and 7th.
N.C.’s system PRIOR to the proposal is so screwed up it’s almost pathetic.
The current standards do not give students real exposure to history AT ALL in elementary or middle schools. Wow. How incredibly backwards...
They don’t even have a government class for seniors like most states.
I don’t know who the idiots are running that state, but wow.
This proposal would actually bring them more in line with the rest of the country and out of the dark ages by requiring a full year of history in elementary school.
At the same time, it isn’t perfect because it has civics and economics with no real government class.....completely messed up.
This is what they should do:
1) freshman world history
2) sophomore history up to 1877
3) junior history post 1877
4) senior government/econ (drop civics and include some lessons in government) and these courses should be reserved for senior level because it is best to have these classes for the most mature students.
How incredibly stupid their current standards are not including U.S. history at all in middle school....wow.....they need to move in this direction, but at least the revision is a start to including that in middle school and elementary school.
Thus, I actually see this proposal as an improvement, NOT a bad thing.
The proposal still needs revision, but at least it’s better than the current system of NO history until high school.
NC - “First in hog farms, 49th in education”