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Pa. bill would require students to know American history, civics
abc27.com ^

Posted on 05/03/2016 6:24:37 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Two state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require Pennsylvania’s high school students to have a basic understanding of American history and civics before graduating.

House Bill 1858 would require that students pass a test on 100 basic facts from the United States Citizenship Civics Test, the test all immigrants must pass when applying for U.S. citizenship.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: americanhistory; civics; education; godsgravesglyphs; history; historyeducation; housebill1858; paping; pennsylvania; philadelphia; theframers; therevolution
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To: Red in Blue PA

But why start now?


21 posted on 05/03/2016 8:49:46 PM PDT by Slainte
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To: Buttons12

a lady with a master’s degree in English) who have no idea who Lee Harvey Oswald was, or what year Kennedy died.

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But she can diagram the hell out of a sentence!


22 posted on 05/03/2016 9:12:07 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Red in Blue PA
I graduated from high school in Pennsylvania and we were required to have American History/Pennsylvania History as requirements for graduation. We also had 4 years of Phys Ed, 4 years of Health Ed, 4 years of English ... all necessary for graduation.

We learned PA history and US History. Gosh, we even had to know the names of all the guys in Kennedy's cabinet.

And, yes, we learned what a Natural Born Citizen was as an eligibility requirement for President.

Not sure when the dumbing down took place but this was PA in the early 60s.

23 posted on 05/03/2016 9:33:33 PM PDT by Abby4116
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To: afraidfortherepublic; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ..

24 posted on 05/07/2016 5:37:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: rockinqsranch

Please, please not Howard Zinn’s.


25 posted on 05/07/2016 5:49:54 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Red in Blue PA

REAL American history — not the modernized versions that are out there.


26 posted on 05/07/2016 6:15:20 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: rockinqsranch
Whose version?

That was my immediate thought, too.

27 posted on 05/07/2016 7:02:25 PM PDT by ReagansShinyHair
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