Should we change the way we teach younger students about the history of the United States?


   Yes, why sugar coat things? the youth need to know as well as anyone. Children should not be running around with feather headbands or with big hats and buckles on there shoes on thanksgiving when it is pacifically incorrect. The native Americans weren't all peace loving people lots of tribes were actually more brutal than you or i wish to see or imagine, they should get the gist of that at least. They should know what a conquistador is before coming to high school and the truth of it all. Some of the Spanish explores did not just spread diseases to native Americas who they came into contact with, some of them murdered a good percentage of them (the natives that weren't defensive or extremely brutal towards the Spaniards or towards enemy tribes). I just do not understand the point of being dishonest about something so important or to edit history. History is a vital part of who we are and what shaped us beside our surroundings. The younger students probably should not get the blood and guts story that should be detailed later, still they should get the message and the truth. For example The whole pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock...that's just wrong, to edit it into the truth, into that is mind boggling to me. Little children learning lies is not the right thing to do I'm sure of it. I'm also pretty sure that society possible would be different if we knew the things hidden from us. What I do understand is the united states is way more concerned with not making them selves look bad then ever telling the truth first.