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Emma A Aug 30, 2012 22:17:44
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

Kids leave primary school thinking that the only history to happen in Britain was Henry VIII and World War II - prehistory happened in Ancient Egypt! The education system really needs to start instilling some respect in the kids: respect for our man-made and natural heritage.

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Aug 30, 2012 22:41:18
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Emma A wrote:
Kids leave primary school thinking that the only history to happen in Britain was Henry VIII and World War II - prehistory happened in Ancient Egypt! The education system really needs to start instilling some respect in the kids: respect for our man-made and natural heritage.
That's exactly what I was taught just about 6 or 7 years after WW2. As I was born and lived on an island that was occupied by the Germans during that war it was the bloody last thing we wanted to hear about. And as for Henry 8, well all us kids thought that everybody in his time dressed like him and looked a right load of clowns as they never mentioned anyone else!

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Aug 31, 2012 10:28:49
Replying to Emma A

Emma A wrote:
Kids leave primary school thinking that the only history to happen in Britain was Henry VIII and World War II - prehistory happened in Ancient Egypt! The education system really needs to start instilling some respect in the kids: respect for our man-made and natural heritage.
Exactly. My experience at school was the same.

Have you ever seen the 'Horrible Histories' show for kids? I think its very good (teaches me a thing or too also!) and is going, some way at least, to giving them a broader sense of our history.