World War 2 In School

[Danny Vasilev]

The other day our class started talking about WW2. Finally. This is the unit that I've been waiting to learn more about all year. Then Mr.McCusker said we would only spend a week on it. My initial reaction was, "what?!". This is the most significant war ever and we only get to spend a week on it. While we've been spending a lot more time on what, to me, seem like less important topics in American History. I've been learning about WW2 for years now but somehow every year there's someting new I discover. This either means that I haven't been paying attention to anything all these years or that we simply don't spend enough time on this epic war. And what I've noticed is that I always end up going online to learn more about it instead of learning it at school. Where I should be learning it.

Last year I took World History. I don't think we even got to WW2 in that class. Or we did but it was yet again not enough time. We were too busy learning about Chinese dynasties and whatnot. Mr.McCusker said that in Germany they don't teach much about WW2. That must really suck. Not spending enough time on it sucks enough. I've always liked learning about wars and I've always looked forward to it. It's one of the few things that I get excited about in school but I just don't think we spend enough time on it. I'm not sure how Mr.McCusker would have taught WW2 if we had more time left in the year but I really hope that next years class gets more time on it. What do you guys think?

[JohnPaulus V Arcangel]

I personally hated how rushed we went from 1900-1990's. If there was JUST a history class that only focused on America (or the world) from specifically 1900s-1990's that would be awesome, and IH would have taken it without hesitation.

[Lauren Andersen]

I agree with Robin. I wish we spent more time on WW2 and everything after that because that is the time period we most recently lived in, but yet I feel like I know nothing about it. I think Obama recently just ended the cold war...which means it was still going on and I had no idea about it! I'm upset we didn't learn more about recent presidents and I think we should've focused less on the colonies, because although they were the fountations for America, the true America we should be learning about wasn't born until after the revolution. And we've been taught the revolution since elementary days.

[Patrick Norman]

i agree. i think that we should have taken more time on WW2. i feel like we didn't have enough time to cover the required material.

[Robin de Freitas]

Danny Vasilev is correct. Sometimes it feels like, even this year, that we look at the less important stuff for way longer than we should. and not enough with important things.

[Connor Bieda]

I agree I think that we should have elaborated more on each of the wars themselves because they have shaped our way of thinking as a society alott.

[Carly Mckay]

I agree, I think wars (and especially WW2) are really interesting to learn about. Its the topic in History I always get a better grade on, maybe because I actually listen. I definitely think we should have spend much more time on WW2. Not just because I enjoy it, but because it was such an important event and covered a lot of history in a short period. From the great depression, to the war, to the industry- it was a very important time in American. It should definitely have more focus in the class room.

 

[Haley Bohl]

I'd like to learn about many things that we hardly spend any time. I agree that it is inportant to learn about these things. We have a general knowladge and I believe its not enough sometimes.

[Nick Fallico]

I would love to learn about WW2 more. But think one of the reasons we don't go in depth with it is that it is too sensitive of a topic just like we don't learn too much about korea or vietnam. Its too recent and there are still veterans alive from it. I think future generations will learn about it more.

[Nate Brophy]

Yeah the little amount of time we spent on this war surprised me, I agree we need more time to learn all about what exactly happened during the war.

[Bridget DeFilippo]

I really don't think we spend enought ime on WWII. I know it's something a lot of people are more interested in other things, and if we spent more time on it, we could do more things to improve our grades