Culture of the United States Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of European Roots on American Culture.

Culture of the United States Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of European Roots on American Culture.
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European Roots on American Culture

Summary: Notes and an outline about European roots and their influence on American culture.
NOTES on :EUROPEAN ROOTS OF AMERICAN CULTURE

Begins with my own, (American Studies) and our nation's education.

  1. years of study, led by 20 years of different type of study
  2. Seen only from the inside out
  3. Idea of uniqueness
  4. Mistakes--such as multiculturalism, isolationism, (anecdote about Kyle and map of Euope --more than 25 countries-- in school)
  5. My students always ask: WHY haven't we heard this before"? And why do my foreign students actually make better grades in AM. History than do natives?
  6. Then also the BIAS against Colonial History....
a. how we divide our history

b. Can we teach WWII even now"

THREE AREAS: Spain in the New World, England, and the West Indies.

SPAIN-- after all, it was the FIRST (not forgetting the Basques, St.

Brendan, and the Norse Vikings)

SPAIN--almost invisible to Americans--because we see Hispanic culture through the lens of Latin America. We do not teach Castilano in...

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