Timothy

That’s interesting. So far you’re the first blue stater who was taught federalism and he history of it! Thank you for sharing! This was helpful!

I remember a lot of "growing pains" for the early United States. Enforcement and levying taxes. The articles of confederation being a failure after states and other countries expose the weakness of the federal government. Occasional SC rulings. Post-WWII era highlighted a more powerful fed vs states

YES YES THIS IS WHAT I WAS TAUGHT! You’re the first to fully match mine outside of specific case names

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YESSSS YOURE THE SECOND PERSON TO CONFIRM A FEDERALISM CURRICULUM

Did you learn anything about federal and state governments and federal government having power struggles?

So far the main answer is “only for slavery/civil war”

Oh yeah I’m very against how decentralized our education system is. It in fascinating I learned about the US outside of the south in a nuanced balanced perspective but it was only done to give cover for how evil the southern states were

I often like comparing gaps in curriculums between regions

Oh yeah Louisiana, at least my schools did, teaches heavily about slavery in Union states and Lincoln’s anti indigenous policies. Now it was done to sugarcoat the south, but it gave me a huge edge over my peers because I knew the lost cause stuff was garbage but the other actual facts stuck with me

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What about federalism and power struggles between federal and state governments over the decades?

So far the most common answer is Civil War and slavery was most people’s only lesson

Yeah… I remember 2nd grade vividly

The years after Lawrence V Texas was also a very rancid time period. People were PISSED being gay got decriminalized

My middle school earth science teacher unironically pronounced Pangaea as “Pan-gay-uh”

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OH THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH

My mom is from Ohio and she knows nothing about nothing

“Openly pro-gay teachers which was RARE” oof I felt this in my bones

My kindergarten teacher was the first time I learned what a “faggot” was and why they were going to “burnt in hell”

The late 90’s and entire 00’s was TRASH

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You were helpful!

LA curriculum was heavy on states rights lost cause stuff, so I suspect that’s why I learned so much about federalism and the power struggles between federal and state governments over the decades. It was probably to make us question the Civil War less

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This was insightful, thanks!

I’m starting to understand more why folks from historically liberal places are shocked by Trump admin’s power grab & keep calling it unconstitutional despite that being a uhh murky at best claim. Louisiana taught a lot of Lost Cause stuff so that influenced the curriculum to include state vs federal

Interesting. My experiences are K-8. I went to HS in Texas so the education differed some so I didn’t include it because I did IB, which follows an international curriculum

You’re the first to not be from a well off district overall sayong this. I think this may be a conservative southern thing

So, y’all didn’t learn anything about federalism or the power struggles between state governments and federal governments?

So far most are saying the most they learned about this topic is the civil war and slavery

But neither delved into the balance of powers between state and federal governments and the shift between powers over the decades beyond the civil war and slavery, correct?

In fairness to most USAmericans re: what we learned in school questions, beyond our decentralized curriculum, I have an abnormally strong memory where I can still, with strong accuracy, visualize my textbooks & lessons

Most of my former classmates don’t remember any of the stuff I remember learning

I only have one mutual who went to the same middle school I did but I have a lot of mutuals who did k-12 in Louisiana

Okay now for people who went to K-12 in Louisiana. Did Y’ALL learn anything about the power struggles between federal governments and state governments? Even if it didn’t explicitly call it federalism.

Examples would be federal drinking ages, speed limits, etc

Would you qualify your school district as liberal leaning and/or wealthy?

I’m getting a specific pattern so far so I’d like to see if yours fits that pattern

Oh that’s a really cool example! I didn’t know about that one but it fits perfectly! Interesting which examples of Federal Vs State we each learn about. What a cool grampa though I too hate everything Nixon passed

It is actually! That’s an example! An example I didn’t know about though! That’s a fun fact!

That’s also normal for Texas and Louisiana both of whom were their own independent nation. But was that covered in your state history class? Normally most states require a state history class so I wonder if it was included in that class

Interesting! So far it seems like traditionally more liberal states/districts avoided learning this in K-12. The wealthier districts also seemed to teach less. I expected Yankee states to not teach it much since it’s a Neo-Confederate thing to care about “states’ rights”

This is interesting