Welcome to the reality of American education. Not knowing stuff like this is the norm with people under 40. However, every last one of them has been taught “black history” and that homosexuals were “oppressed”.
PS - read the standard textbooks of K-12. Sad to say these are the books used in almost every private school too.
PS - read the standard textbooks of K-12. Sad to say these are the books used in almost every private school too.
Because students are no longer expected to actually read, the new texts all come with all kinds of resources from the internet, because, of course, kids don’t get enough exposure to computer/tablet/phone screens.
I’d make a quick and dirty judgement of a text by seeing how the Civil War, WWI and WWII were covered. Sometimes you can tell just by the pictures. If, by looking at the illustrations you get the impression that WWII was primarily fought by black soldiers and women or that the Japanese internment is equated with the Holocaust, you can tell where the text is coming from.