cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25378355

“No bro you see no one was turned into gore paste IN the square itself, it was the SIDE streets, and besides, they should have Just Complied anyway, so it’s all Western lies”

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    History in British schools is often the civil war, often corn laws and the agricultural revolution, often Romans, but never Empire.

    • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      … really? Even we learn a fair bit about the British Empire, though I suppose Anglo-American history is somewhat intertwined, so it makes sense. We covered Magna Carta, 100 Years War, Henry VIII, then some British Empire. And the World Wars of course.

      We don’t really go over the Commonwealth nations that much, but we definitely touch on Britain quite a lot. Though we did cover Indian Independence a little bit, Gandhi and all that, if memory serves.

      Glazing over the largest empire ever created on our planet seems a little odd to me though, especially when its your own. That’d be like Greek kids not covering Alexander.