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we had separate classes (that lasted all year) for geography, civics, and government. One "elective" class was world religions. We didn't have a lot of electives, and one a few disciplines included info from others. Geography, civics, and government were obviously cross learning example. You can easily bring in the other two subjects into any of one class. But we did have separate classes, and history was emphasized (oh, how I hated remembering dates! My teacher was emphatic about dates. Me, I was more interested in the micro and macrocosm around the events than on what day of what year they happened.)

Interesting to think, but today all these classes would be seen as "woke" and "indoctrination" to the magas for their kids. And so, the kids are totally unprepared for life in the 21st century. Whether or not they like globalization (and there are some parts of it even *I* don't like), we all have to be prepared to live in a global civilization. Many of today's most pressing problems are global in nature, and can only be solved by people involved in and committed to global solutions.