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History
I'm putting together thoughts for an article on history, but I might as well have a few extra facts to back up my thesis.
Data from people outside the UK would be particularly helpful (though UK is also good).
The history I remember from school is roughly: Norman conquest, Elizabethan era, the Victorians. We got some of the Greeks and Romans in classical studies. My boys certainly did WW2 in addition and one did Stalinist Russia.
So, what key historic events were you taught in school?
What peices of history have you read since for your own interest? And why? (I can count the Ottoman Empire and a moderate chunk of Islamic stuff, the war between Canada and the USA, medieval warfare, a bit of Egyptology and various other snippets. Each of those had a reason at the time for me to read about it, but I won't mention the reasons yet.)
I have predictions as to what Americans and Australians will have been taught, but I'd like to see how close I am.
Also, what languages did you have the options of learning and what options do the current generation of children have in your country (I'm assuming there may have been shifts recently) Which languages did you chose to learn and why?
Data from people outside the UK would be particularly helpful (though UK is also good).
The history I remember from school is roughly: Norman conquest, Elizabethan era, the Victorians. We got some of the Greeks and Romans in classical studies. My boys certainly did WW2 in addition and one did Stalinist Russia.
So, what key historic events were you taught in school?
What peices of history have you read since for your own interest? And why? (I can count the Ottoman Empire and a moderate chunk of Islamic stuff, the war between Canada and the USA, medieval warfare, a bit of Egyptology and various other snippets. Each of those had a reason at the time for me to read about it, but I won't mention the reasons yet.)
I have predictions as to what Americans and Australians will have been taught, but I'd like to see how close I am.
Also, what languages did you have the options of learning and what options do the current generation of children have in your country (I'm assuming there may have been shifts recently) Which languages did you chose to learn and why?
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History taught at school: colinization and early Australian history, a bit of WW2 I think. I'm sure there were other things, but I can't remember...
Art History: Ancient Greek, Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Renaisannce, Impressionism, Dadaism, Cubism, other 20th-century art movements
Linguistics at University: history of the English language (Saxons, Danes, Normans...)
History I've picked up on my own from historical novels: WW2, Roman Empire, Middle-Ages, Regency (though I've no idea of the context of the Regency...)
History I've picked up on my own from other sources: Ancient Egypt (I'm sure you can figure out the reason for that!)
Languages I was offered at school: French, German
Languages my nieces and nephews are offered at school: Indonesian, Japanese, (maybe Chinese too) (I'm not sure if French and German are still offered)
Me, I started learning French, but we were moving around so much into different curriculums that I had to drop it. And I chose it because I liked my French teacher!
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That, presumably, was the phase wherein everyone was obliged to change their name to Colin :)