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6 hours ago, Skazz said:

Swedish history is taught in American schools?

I honestly would like to know this. Then again, Sabaton has an album about Charles XII, but it's a bit to specific to be called "Swedish history", we have had a presence before 1697 and after 1718..

@Hurlshot Is it?

 

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I cover a lot of Viking history in the Dark Ages, but I only teach 7th grade and we have a limited window of time. I think I remember covering some Swedish rulers during AP Euro History in High School. This looks like the unit: https://www.tomrichey.net/blog/the-thirty-years-war-ap-euro-lecture-notes

I mention the general area during tge Reformation as well, but the focus tends to be on Luther.

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who likes Swedes anyway. They were d!cks.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brno

 

During the Thirty Years' War, in 1643 and 1645, Brno was the only city to succeed in defending itself against Swedish sieges, thereby allowing the Austrian Empire to regroup its armies and to repel the Swedes. In recognition of its services, the city was rewarded with a renewal of its city privileges. In the years following the Thirty Years' War, the city became an impregnable Baroque fortress. In 1742, the Prussians vainly attempted to conquer the city, and the position of Brno was confirmed with the establishment of a bishopric in 1777. In 1805, The Battle of Austerlitz took place about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of Brno.

 

Yeah come at us agains!

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3 hours ago, Chilloutman said:

who likes Swedes anyway. They were d!cks.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brno

 

During the Thirty Years' War, in 1643 and 1645, Brno was the only city to succeed in defending itself against Swedish sieges, thereby allowing the Austrian Empire to regroup its armies and to repel the Swedes. In recognition of its services, the city was rewarded with a renewal of its city privileges. In the years following the Thirty Years' War, the city became an impregnable Baroque fortress. In 1742, the Prussians vainly attempted to conquer the city, and the position of Brno was confirmed with the establishment of a bishopric in 1777. In 1805, The Battle of Austerlitz took place about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of Brno.

 

Yeah come at us agains!

To be fair to the Swedes, Austria is so unpopular that even Germany didn't want it to be part of them.

I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"*

 

*If you can't tell, it's you. ;)

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6 hours ago, Hurlshot said:

I cover a lot of Viking history in the Dark Ages, but I only teach 7th grade and we have a limited window of time. I think I remember covering some Swedish rulers during AP Euro History in High School. This looks like the unit: https://www.tomrichey.net/blog/the-thirty-years-war-ap-euro-lecture-notes

I mention the general area during tge Reformation as well, but the focus tends to be on Luther.

You should assign Sabaton and Alex Jones as required viewing/hearing. That's the only way I can remember "6 of June 1944" and "1776 will commence again"

I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"*

 

*If you can't tell, it's you. ;)

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2 minutes ago, Orogun01 said:

You should assign Sabaton and Alex Jones as required viewing/hearing. That's the only way I can remember "6 of June 1944" and "1776 will commence again"

I know you were being glib :p  But really, I spend all year telling students to stop trying to memorize dates. They would all rather just rote memorize a bunch of dates and definitions than actually think critically about the events that have happened in the past. It's pretty hard to get 12-year olds to think about cause and effect and the ripples of actions centuries ago. Of course, now that they are living through a major historical event, it might be a bit easier to get them to engage.   

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10 hours ago, Hurlshot said:

I know you were being glib :p  But really, I spend all year telling students to stop trying to memorize dates. They would all rather just rote memorize a bunch of dates and definitions than actually think critically about the events that have happened in the past. It's pretty hard to get 12-year olds to think about cause and effect and the ripples of actions centuries ago. Of course, now that they are living through a major historical event, it might be a bit easier to get them to engage.   

I've always said that trauma is the best teacher.

I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"*

 

*If you can't tell, it's you. ;)

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21 hours ago, Chilloutman said:

who likes Swedes anyway. They were d!cks.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brno

 

During the Thirty Years' War, in 1643 and 1645, Brno was the only city to succeed in defending itself against Swedish sieges, thereby allowing the Austrian Empire to regroup its armies and to repel the Swedes. In recognition of its services, the city was rewarded with a renewal of its city privileges. In the years following the Thirty Years' War, the city became an impregnable Baroque fortress. In 1742, the Prussians vainly attempted to conquer the city, and the position of Brno was confirmed with the establishment of a bishopric in 1777. In 1805, The Battle of Austerlitz took place about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of Brno.

 

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Everybody in Europe hates some other European country. It's part of their charm.

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we never harmed anyone!

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The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder.

 

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On 4/14/2020 at 12:19 AM, rjshae said:

Everybody in Europe hates some other European country. It's part of their charm.

Hey, try living on one small continent crammed with 100+ other countries, see how you fare. :getlost: 'sides, it's not like we hatin' on everyone indiscriminately, just on the neighbours mostly. That's normal.

 

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6 hours ago, Skarpen said:

They had to send crusades to stop your rebellion on christianity 😉

it was domestic issue, not expansion!

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The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder.

 

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What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past?

 

Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born!


We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did.

 

Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand.

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