Blog 4: History Classes doing Enough?

Many graduating seniors in the United States don't know nearly enough about their countries own history. That or they just aren't proficient enough to comprehend the main ideals for why the country is the way it is today. Are teachers to blame for this or is it just one of those subjects we need to except that not everyone gets. Recent tests have shown that only about 12 out of a 100 students are proficient in U.S history. Others don't under stand the key ideas for why this country was founded. Could this develop into a problem that will change the course of the U.S in the future to turn it away from its original ideals?

"PRO/CON: Fixing U.S. History Classes." Newsela. Tribune News Service, 19 Apr. 2015. Web. 24 Apr. 2015. <https://newsela.com/articles/hscivics-procon/id/8544/>.