Not Bad for Under Two Years
When I was 7th grade, the mandatory history class focused on American history and Utah history. We had first did a brief study on Europe and the reasons given for explorers making their way to the American continent. I don't recall a lot on either Revolutionary or Civil Wars though I'm certain that each was mentioned. We cruise through Utah history as 95% of the class had been raised in the LDS church and obviously knew more about Utah's history than the text book - which had Joseph Smith martyred by hanging - in Utah. Joseph Smith was not hung nor did he live long enough to see the Church move toward the Utah territory. That is just one example that I remember. The instructor was not LDS, but he could see that the class wasn't going to budge - weather right or wrong. I think we ended up skipping three chapters. It was t...