That's what Cthulhu wants you to think.
Soon, the stars will once again be right...
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Lost Colony of Roanoke
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That's what Cthulhu wants you to think.
Soon, the stars will once again be right...
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
It was the black oil monster from PHANTOMS.
That thing wiped out the dinosaucers* and they were pretty tough fudging customers.
*Obscure 80's cartoon reference no one will get, hence this lengthy explanation, when I should keep the original "dinosaurs" and let it be.
That thing wiped out the dinosaucers* and they were pretty tough fudging customers.
*Obscure 80's cartoon reference no one will get, hence this lengthy explanation, when I should keep the original "dinosaurs" and let it be.
I'm right there with you.
I don't know where Yeoman Randi is from, but I'm surprised you didn't cover it in your history classes, RoJo.
Well, I did not.
What class would we have learned this? The only history class I ever took was US History, and I took it in 3 weeks during summer school, so we probably didn't cover it as extensively as they would during the normal school year. I don't like history, so I avoid it whenever possible.
What class would we have learned this? The only history class I ever took was US History, and I took it in 3 weeks during summer school, so we probably didn't cover it as extensively as they would during the normal school year. I don't like history, so I avoid it whenever possible.
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doubleohfive
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This was always a fun subject in history growing up in Virginia. I had one teacher for American History my junior year who liked to dress up in re-enactment uniforms from the various periods of US history, and the day he was going to discuss this very topic he wound up taking the day off. None of us got that he was actually re-enacting part of the story that day 
Well, there's your problem.
I'm pretty sure it was covered in History classes both in High School and Middle School (although my memory of middle school classes are vague enough that I'm not entirely sure what was covered). I also visited the site at one point just for fun.
I think it was covered at least as early as middle school for us, if not sooner. I'm not criticizing, I'm just surprised because we're from somewhat similar areas.
Well, I still remember everything I learned in history. I just never took many history classes. The ones I did take were of ancient history, which I always found much more interesting. Probably because the only other history I was ever taught was WWII. If I didn't know better, I'd think WWII was the only thing that ever happened in the entire history of the world because that's the only subject we ever discussed.
I have been to Jamestown, but I didn't have anything to do with it.
So I gather history wasn't a compulsory subject for you?
when I was at school Maths, Science, English and Social Studies were all compulsory from grade 7-10. Social Studies was Geography and History combined.
What we learnt was strong biased towards British and Australian history. We did however cover some history of other places. We studied the exploration of the world (Columbus, Magellan, Marco Polo, the Dutch explorers, Cook etc). we studied the War of Independence because of its connection to the settlement of Australia (i.e when the British could no longer send convicts to America they founded a penal colony here). We also covered the American Civil War.
Each year we studied WW1 and WW2 in the couple of weeks that led up to ANZAC day.
I remember covering some aspects of history of China (i.e the Boxer Rebellion) and India (Clive of India etc) . We also looked at ancient civilizations (Egypt, Rome and Greece)
We had Social Studies in elementary school, but that was usually about ancient history (I can't tell you how many times I learned about the Fertile Crescent). The only history class I remember taking in Middle School was US History, but all we really learned about was The US Constitution and The Holocaust. In high school, I had to take US History again (but again, all we learned about was the US Constitution and the Holocaust) and one more history course to graduate. I took World History. Both history classes I took in summer school, so they were only 3 weeks long and didn't cover as much as in the regular school year.
In primary school we studied history and geography as separate studies. I clearly remember studying the Kings and Queens of Britain in grade 6. I also remember studying the French Revolution in that year as well.
Hm. I'm very surprised that there are Americans who have never heard of the Roanoke mystery. I always thought it was one of the more famous tidbits from our History.
They're all in the Pandorica.
Either that or they were, you know, just accepted into the indigenous population on the island whos name they left as a forwarding address when they fucked off.
Baldrick could figure this one out
Either that or they were, you know, just accepted into the indigenous population on the island whos name they left as a forwarding address when they fucked off.
Baldrick could figure this one out
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