> Children will no longer study the Second World War and Queen Victoria, > but instead learn about Twitter and blogging under radical plans to > overhaul primary school teaching.
Something doesn't sound right here, and in fact Schools minister Lord Adonis (!) says it's not so: 'But Lord Adonis said children will still have to learn about the Second World War as part of the secondary school curriculum, including Churchill's role in defeating the Nazis. He told Sky News' Sunday Live programme the idea that Churchill was being cut from history lessons was "completely wrong". He said: "It is a statutory and mandatory requirement of the new curriculum for all students in secondary schools in England study the Second World War. "I cannot conceive how you can teach the history of the Second World without having Churchill, Hitler and Stalin as part of the story."' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-468545/Minister-defends-new-curriculum.html I haven't looked at the curriculum itself, but this sure sounds like the kind of overstatement that's pretty common with certain media here in the US. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
