Hiding Under Desks During Cold War. The thought of a group of 6 year olds being instructed to throw books at a man armed with an ar 15 is exceedingly dark and has more than one writer invoking the duck and cover era of school civil. By the early 1950s schools across the united states were training students to dive under their desks and cover their heads.
During the cold war why did children hide under desks. By the early 1950s schools across the united states were training students to dive under their desks and cover their heads. In primary school we were taught to duck and cover for protection.
The best part is if desk crouching really did work you d have a bunch of kids crouched under desks in the middle of a kill zone until they starved.
During the cold war why did children hide under desks. A front page photograph in the new york times on thursday october 21 depicted fourth grade students from san francisco s alamo elementary school huddled under their desks as part the annual earthquake drill that the state of california has dubbed the great california shakeout. In primary school we were taught to duck and cover for protection. Although pushing the button was a terrible worry and a definite possibility it was highly improbable that either nation was willing to make good on the threat.
