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UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:15 pm
by zachman61
ok i was talking to this kid from the uk on a program called Xfire he said he had no idea about the american revolution so does that mean that the government is not teaching their students about the war?
Re: UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:26 am
by hungryhounduk
Hi Zachman61
mmm thats an interesting point
Uk schools dont teach American History, well i dont think they do, as i was never taught anything like that when i was at school, and i dont think they do it today either, if they were at University they could probably Learn it there in some way or form, But UK Schools dont teach it as standard.
Chris
Re: UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:08 am
by MrBrockWalker
I think schools just teach their country's history
Re: UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:56 am
by Lewis
Yes, at my school we have did alot of history about UK.
Re: UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:02 am
by zachman61
well since america was mostly part of UK i figured it would be taught
then again
americans dont teach about vietnam war
we lost that

Re: UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:24 am
by Smiley
As long as the UK was in the war it is counted as UK history i think that they don't teach it because they lost even though they had the most powerful army in the world at that time but maybe there is another reason.
Re: UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:53 am
by zachman61
i bet that is the reason they were ashamed

Re: UK kids not being taught about 1700s war defeat?
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:56 am
by Smiley
LOL probably it was a really bad outcome for the UK they lost the
most wealthy, rich and advanced country in the world.