Global Citizenship

November 10th, 2009

Remembrance

nickmorgan

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The veterans charity Erskine has published findings from its recent pupil survey timed to coincide with Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day (11th November) and the commemoration of British war dead. It is concerned about problems with misconceptions and lack of knowledge about the events of World War Two, with significant proportions of students having a sketchy appreciation of key individuals and aspects of the history of that period.

The Daily Mail also expressed alarm in its article “Hitler, the German football coach, and other historical ‘facts’ according to our schoolchildren”.

Curriculum for Excellence represents an opportunity to cover such underpinning knowledge to support effective learning in areas such as Social Studies, Citizenship and Holocaust Education.

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