Which Events in History should be taught in schools?

[ohtlmtlm]

DonaldTrumps Impeachment

[melodramocracy]

In the US? Operation Paperclip, Operations Northwoods, Whiskey Rebellion, Kelo v. City of New London, OJ trial, Rodney King trial, Iran Contra affair, for starters.

[Rustedsaint]

Ww1/2,
important atrocities committed by various groups.(the crap the Japanese did, the Armenian genocide,the English giving smallpox blankets to natives, other dictators)
How various countries came to be.
Important discoveries/ inventions

[lagiacrux]

in an ideal world: everything

feasably: it depends on where you study

some basics should be universal, like prehistoric times, evolution, etc. but
then focus on your local history, but try to include as much of other locations as possible
some big historic events (ww1, ww2, cold war) should also be universal but with a focus on your local involvement
then mostly region specific stuff (french revolution, 100 year war, 30 year war, etc for a eurocentric view)
the closer you come to the present the more unsure i get about whats important ...

[Ghostpanther]

As much as possible. Those who forget the mistakes of history, are doomed to repeat them.

[Mihalik]

When China becomes the world's superpower, history books will look quite different I'm sure. I suppose history will begin with the Opium Wars and creation of Hong Kong by the evil Europeans. Then it will move forward to retaking of stolen Chinese land and the rise of China.

You are assuming here that that is not how history is already being taught.

The history we learn in the west is incredibly Euro centric. And we usually only superficially cover colonialism or pre-colonial history.

How much time is spent in the western cannon on Confucian or pre Confucian China? It's not that we don't know what happened, because the Chinese kept perfectly detailed records and there is enough archeological evidence to fill a 1000 Museums.

How much time do we spend on the history of Aksum which was contemporaneous with Ptolomeic Egypt and Imperial Rome and was incredibly important for both.

Fact is, the Opium Wars and European Colonialism in China was incredibly devastating. It would be the modern equivalent of Mexican drug cartels defeating the US government in open warfare, taking control of all major coastal cities and dismantling much the US justice system, military and civil service, as well as nearly all manufacturing and heavy industry.

The Chinese call this period the Century of Humiliation, and for good reason, it literally scarred the national psyche for probably all time to come.

[muto]

The writing of the Constitution of the United States, and why the Right to Bear Arms is Important.

[Orbitus]

The writing of the Constitution of the United States, and why the Right to Bear Arms is Important.

Someone is trying to abolish it? Where?