Were you taught about the British Empire at school?

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  Fibromite59 Posts: 22,518

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  17/11/12 - 11:14 #52

  I thought you might like to see the following website as it shows lots of photos of children celebrating Empire Day.
  
  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=empire+day&hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_en-GBGB321GB321&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BHGnUI3UDob80QWM9YCAAQ&ved=0CDMQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=599

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  Joey Boswell Posts: 25,141

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  17/11/12 - 11:16 #53

  You must be joking, I didnt learn any of that.
  
  We were taught about The Industrial Revolution, and Arpartide in South Africa.

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  17/11/12 - 11:29 #54

  In primary school we learnt about Romans and The Famine. For GCSE I studied medicine through time, Germany 1918-1945 and 13th century castles in Ireland. I remember doing Unionism and Nationalism in Ireland and you can't really study that without the Empire coming into it.

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  17/11/12 - 11:33 #55

  I do remember one unconventional History class (supply teacher for a few days) where he started banging on about how great the Empire was and how it had saved the world and never done any bad. I put forward the question how come my teacher in Pakistan said the complete opposite. I was made to leave the class

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  mounty Posts: 19,155

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  17/11/12 - 11:36 #56

  we studied the Industrial Revolution quite a bit and the Empire got some mention.

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