What History should our children learn if they leave school at 16?
- Nevil Chiles
- Sep 8, 2014
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 4, 2024
History has long had the unjust label of a âboringâ subject.
As a History graduate with a continuing keen interest, I think it is vital for pupils to be given a proper grounding in the past.
A knowledge of our past is crucial to understanding the present and unravelling the possible future.
I would like History to be compulsory to 16 in the UK with a strong bent towards the twentieth century â the melting pot for the world we live in now.
Letâs get back to thinking, to reading, to essay writing; only then can opinions and arguments be formed.
Letâs stop spoon feeding History and try to engage young minds in investigating the past. The internet presents a perfect tool.
Nevil Chiles is Managing Director of KC Tutors. www.kctutors.co.uk
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