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NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 day agoHistory in British schools is often the civil war, often corn laws and the agricultural revolution, often Romans, but never Empire.
Comment on Memory Wiped
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 day agoHistory in British schools is often the civil war, often corn laws and the agricultural revolution, often Romans, but never Empire.
Carrolade@lemmy.world 1 day ago
… really? Even we learn a fair bit about the British Empire, though I suppose Anglo-American history is somewhat intertwined, so it makes sense. We covered Magna Carta, 100 Years War, Henry VIII, then some British Empire. And the World Wars of course.
We don’t really go over the Commonwealth nations that much, but we definitely touch on Britain quite a lot. Though we did cover Indian Independence a little bit, Gandhi and all that, if memory serves.
Glazing over the largest empire ever created on our planet seems a little odd to me though, especially when its your own. That’d be like Greek kids not covering Alexander.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 hours ago
A little off topic, but Alexander was Macedonian.