In high school in the south in the 90s, I took AP US History. Because it was AP, it was standardized across all states/curricula. As best I remember, after for the Revolutionary War, we didnāt get much about any subsequent warsābecause even two crammed semesters still wasnāt enough time to get everything important in, even for the best and most interested students.
Most everything that I now know about WW2 is from my own post-schooling amateur interest and personal research.
I have no idea how France goes about teaching its fulsome, rich, long history (of anywhere currently or formerly or kinda-sorta āFrenchā), unless it truly crosses grade levels and school levelsā¦like a fully integrated course that spans years of schooling.
I have no idea what other states do, but when I was in school, it was US History one year, then World History the next (heaven forbid you tie the two together; still not sure what was happening in the US when Napoleon was ruling France).
Then the cycle repeated, but going over the same time period, just deeper level. Would have made much more sense to have one year be US through the Civil War, then the next year picking up after that.
And we have it easy; only a few hundred years to worry about (at least in the South, never really learned about the Indians*; not even the March of Death, despite being only a hour or so drive from the Cherokee home, and knowing a fair number of them)
*(I know some will think it should be āNative Americanā, but Iāve never heard a member of that group use any term other than āIndianā, and have heard that some feel Native American is too broad, because they donāt want to be grouped with Maya, Inca, etc. I actually like the term 'First Nations", but that seems to be strictly a Canadian thing).
Back when I was traveling for a living my wife was able to meet me on some of the trips when she was off for the summer. We made a stop in Cherokee, North Carolina on one trip. (It didnāt hurt that Cherokee also has a casino!)
Back then the museum there was free but I donāt know about now since it changed names a few years ago ā itās now called the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.
The exhibits were excellent and Iāve been going though Indian museums both large and small for decades now.
If anyone is feeling in need of getting depressed take a drive through the Pine Ridge Reservation and take a look at the cemetery at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
I have to admit, I was a bit disappointed when I visited the National Museum of the American Indian (part of the Smithsonian). There was some good stuff there, but for being part of the Smithsonian, seemed a bit lacking. Lots of empty space and dim lighting. Tis a shame; thereās a lot to be told (most of which Iām unaware of).
So the acting was a bit hammy in parts, mostly by the main character. But thereās good reason itās the first Godzilla film nominated for an Oscar.
I couldāve gone for more screen time for the smaller form of Godzilla which I thought was more menacing in terms of design. I donāt think they could really manage more time having the full-size Godzilla rampage in a film set at the tail end of WW2 due to the existing destruction in the country.
If you like Kaiju movies at all I definitely recommend it. They leave an opening for a direct sequel as well which is highly likely given how successful this one was.
Iām stuck on Green Acres my biggest sweetheart is named āOliverrrrrrā.
My late father always called me Ellie Mae (Klampet). He had a big sign made and posted it by my Ceeeement Pond!
Ahhhh when life was so innocent.
Similar here, even though Iām only 2 years older than Nisha. I think part of it was my sister being 11 years older than I, plus my parents were not super restrictive (I think they figured, correctly, that much of the stuff would go over my head).
So I watched The Monkees every Monday night right about the time I turned 3; I remember seeing Star Trek when it was in first run (again, when I was 3, maybe 4), and Laugh-In about the time I turned 5. Although the one that, looking back at now blows my mind that I got to watch was UFO (I would have been 6-7), which is really REALLY dark much of the time. Never realized that until watching it again as an adult; still love it, but I donāt think I would let a kid watch it.
I also remember smoking by the characters on The Flintstones. Hard to believe nowā¦
And of course, every Saturday night (or was it Sunday?) was The Lawrence Welk Show. meh.
Does anyone else remember when Bonanza changed from black and white to color? It was a big deal and everyone went over to the one personās house who had color TV ā¦
The thing that was seared into my mind was watching on TV the replay of President Kennedyās shooting and then the full week after that of having nothing but coverage of his funeral on TV ā¦ it was the same on both channels ā¦ we only got 2 stations ā¦
Right! Now I remember; Sunday night was either Ed Sullivan or Wonderful World of Disney. Which one we watched depended on what Disney was showing (obviously, only one TV, and other than Saturday morning, a kid under 10 doesnāt get to decide whatās on).
Whatās funny is that Iāve gotten the chance to meet and even socialize with several people who were on Sullivan. It was funny when Sullivan started showing as archive footage on one of the nostalgia channels; Nisha actually called me at work to tell me that she just watched someone we had seen perform a few weeks earlier (we saw his final performance; he donated all of his props after the show). She was shocked that even though 30+ years had passed, it was the same routine.
In the days before the internet, and when even a TV appearance was a one-time thing that no one would see a second time, Vaudeville performers would do the same routine for years. Another one of the people I got to see perform I also saw archive footage from Sullivan; yep, exact same routine.
(and yes, I got to meet the guy (or one of them) who did the plate spinning on Sullivan; I think he got about 30 or so going, but heās getting old).
Kennedyās death was before my time (I was alive, but too young to remember); but I know that ABC was pretty much considered a joke until 1968, when they covered the Olympics, which the other networks passed on because no one thought the public would be interested. The Olympics made them, and led to Wide World of Sports, which was the highlight to any teenage boyās Saturday afternoon during the 70s. Even today, I sorta miss getting exposed to the oddball sports that I would never know to even look for on YouTube.
I suspect itās about time for @papy to split some of this off; I think even mentions of Wiley Coyote donāt quite fit into this topic; we need a TV Memories or similar.
