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I find it interesting that the test actually has a couple questions based on the war of 1812. Perhaps that war had a higher profile in 1912, it being the cente
by beloch 13y ago
I find it interesting that the test actually has a couple questions based on the war of 1812. Perhaps that war had a higher profile in 1912, it being the centenary?
Also, it's interesting that several questions basically come down to the student knowing the definition of imperials units like cords or the number feet in a mile. It makes sense that students would need to know those definitions for daily life, but I still find it odd since I grew up using the metric system!
I know the test isn't meant to serve as a comparison of students from 1912 with those from today, but I must say, it certainly makes the teachers in some states of the U.S. today look like dunces!
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- philwelch 13y agoBefore the World Wars, what other war in US history, other than the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, would be well known? The Spanish-American War was recent events, the Mexican War was forgotten as it lay between two bigger and more impressive wars (just like Korea is easily forgotten between WWII and Vietnam), and that was it as far as major conflicts go.
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- agilebyte 13y agoHow high do the the wars with the native population/first people rank? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars
- jimhefferon 13y agoI can't speak for 1912 but when I was in school in the 60's they ranked not at all, in my white-person's school.
- icebraining 13y agoThis American Life corroborates that: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/479/transcript http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/479/t...
- stephen_cagle 13y agoYeah, I am really surprised that they didn't ask a single question about World War I or II! :)
- kamaal 13y agoThat question paper is from 1912. World War 1 started in 1914.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago>> "Also, it's interesting that several questions basically come down to the student knowing the definition of imperials units like cords or the number feet in a mile. It makes sense that students would need to know those definitions for daily life, but I still find it odd since I grew up using the metric system!" With the metric system we still had to learn these things (how many metres in a kilometre etc.) it was just much easier.