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A scholar’s efforts to learn how textbooks in New Jersey were portraying the Holocaust leads her to testify against a history teacher who taught his students to question if the Holocaust took place.
Teaching students to recognise and understanding the political, social, and economic factors that influence how we celebrate Remembrance Day would make them more active citizens.
Historians may not be the media stars they were in the 1980s, but understanding our history remains vital to understanding ourselves.
Are history textbooks constructing the past in a way that allows learners to develop empathy by walking in many different people’s shoes?
Claims by a group of eminent British historians that Eurohistory is taking over the school curriculum are unfounded.
The British Library has just staged an exclusive one-day exhibition. The four earliest surviving copies of the original Magna Carta were brought together for an audience of 1,215 people, selected by public…
As the world pauses to remember the Holocaust, it is important to at what children around the world are learning about the horrific events of 70 years ago and their aftermath. A recent research project…
The government has recently announced changes to the content of GCSE and A level history exams in England. As in previous reforms to the history curriculum, the documents set out the proportion of British…
German approaches to the history lessons of World War I are characterised by a sense of distance and an anti-war attitude. But probably the most striking feature of the way Germany teaches its children…
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Lecturer in Medieval History and Co-Ordinator, Exploring the Past Pathway, Cardiff University
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