Post by buccaneer on Jul 13, 2024 5:47:23 GMT
Quick, Witchfinder you must take down that avatar of William Wilberforce; the "white saviour narrative". You're not current with your propaganda.
Wait for the part I bolded in the article!
British Empire must be presented like Nazi Germany, curriculum guidelines insist
The British Empire should be taught to school pupils like Nazi Germany, curriculum guidelines state.
Guidance created by school support organisation The Key and offered to teachers across the country provides tips on how to make the history curriculum “anti-racist”.
Teachers are advised to present the British Empire to secondary pupils like Nazi Germany, as a power that “committed atrocities”.
Pupils should also not be taught about the balance of “good and bad” aspects of Empire, the guidance states.
The “anti-racism curriculum review” guidance was created by The Key, which began as a government pilot and now provides teaching resources to more than 100,000 school leaders.
The guide for teachers works as a series of prompts, to which answers are provided.
If “topics such as the British Empire taught impartially (i.e. as if the British Empire was an equal mix of good and bad)” while other topics are not, teachers are told to “re-frame” the subject.
Guidance seen by The Telegraph states that teachers should “teach colonialism as ‘invading and exploiting’ other countries, and present the British Empire as you would other global powers that committed atrocities, e.g. Nazi Germany”.
It adds that staff should “avoid presenting the British Empire as an equal balance of good and bad”, explaining: “The problem with the ‘balance sheet’ model is that the beneficiaries of Empire were one group of people (i.e. the colonisers) and the losers were those who were colonised.”
Cost the lives of 75 million
The British Empire had a 400-year history during which slavery was both practiced and campaigned against. Nazi Germany lasted from 1933 to 1945, and instigated a global war which cost the lives of 75 million, including six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
To increase diversity on curricula, teachers are advised to celebrate “Caribbean, African and Indian soldiers who fought for Britain in both World Wars”. These conflicts were fought when Britain was still a colonial power.
This guidance is available to school leaders who are signed up to The Key, which claims to be “the leading provider of support for schools and trusts” and “trusted by over half of all schools in England”.
The guidance, first made available to schools in 2022, has been presented as an example of best practice to school staff by councils including West Sussex and East Renfrewshire.
It also offers additional advice on making history curricula anti-racist, advising teachers to avoid “‘white saviour narratives’”, which may include a “focus on white abolitionists such as William Wilberforce”. It suggests including black abolitionists.
To address how black people are “overwhelmingly presented as victims of history”, the guidance advises teachers to tell pupils about “contributions and achievements” of figures like Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole, and the Oba of Benin.
The Oba ruled the Kingdom of Benin, which generated wealth through the sale of African slaves.
Teachers are also told: “Don’t ignore the racism of historical figures such as Winston Churchill or the prejudices against black people expressed by Mahatma Gandhi – be upfront about their problematic views and the historical context that allowed them to go unchallenged.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/12/british-empire-history-school-curriculum-nazi-germany-key/
What a load of junk.
Wait for the part I bolded in the article!
British Empire must be presented like Nazi Germany, curriculum guidelines insist
The British Empire should be taught to school pupils like Nazi Germany, curriculum guidelines state.
Guidance created by school support organisation The Key and offered to teachers across the country provides tips on how to make the history curriculum “anti-racist”.
Teachers are advised to present the British Empire to secondary pupils like Nazi Germany, as a power that “committed atrocities”.
Pupils should also not be taught about the balance of “good and bad” aspects of Empire, the guidance states.
The “anti-racism curriculum review” guidance was created by The Key, which began as a government pilot and now provides teaching resources to more than 100,000 school leaders.
The guide for teachers works as a series of prompts, to which answers are provided.
If “topics such as the British Empire taught impartially (i.e. as if the British Empire was an equal mix of good and bad)” while other topics are not, teachers are told to “re-frame” the subject.
Guidance seen by The Telegraph states that teachers should “teach colonialism as ‘invading and exploiting’ other countries, and present the British Empire as you would other global powers that committed atrocities, e.g. Nazi Germany”.
It adds that staff should “avoid presenting the British Empire as an equal balance of good and bad”, explaining: “The problem with the ‘balance sheet’ model is that the beneficiaries of Empire were one group of people (i.e. the colonisers) and the losers were those who were colonised.”
Cost the lives of 75 million
The British Empire had a 400-year history during which slavery was both practiced and campaigned against. Nazi Germany lasted from 1933 to 1945, and instigated a global war which cost the lives of 75 million, including six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
To increase diversity on curricula, teachers are advised to celebrate “Caribbean, African and Indian soldiers who fought for Britain in both World Wars”. These conflicts were fought when Britain was still a colonial power.
This guidance is available to school leaders who are signed up to The Key, which claims to be “the leading provider of support for schools and trusts” and “trusted by over half of all schools in England”.
The guidance, first made available to schools in 2022, has been presented as an example of best practice to school staff by councils including West Sussex and East Renfrewshire.
It also offers additional advice on making history curricula anti-racist, advising teachers to avoid “‘white saviour narratives’”, which may include a “focus on white abolitionists such as William Wilberforce”. It suggests including black abolitionists.
To address how black people are “overwhelmingly presented as victims of history”, the guidance advises teachers to tell pupils about “contributions and achievements” of figures like Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole, and the Oba of Benin.
The Oba ruled the Kingdom of Benin, which generated wealth through the sale of African slaves.
Teachers are also told: “Don’t ignore the racism of historical figures such as Winston Churchill or the prejudices against black people expressed by Mahatma Gandhi – be upfront about their problematic views and the historical context that allowed them to go unchallenged.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/12/british-empire-history-school-curriculum-nazi-germany-key/
What a load of junk.
