Can teaching schoolchildren about Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade remain optional? | Morgan Ofori

Mounting evidence about how slavery shaped Britain shows that teaching about its history cannot be a matter of choiceI often think back to my years as a secondary school history teacher, and to what I was and wasn’t able to teach. History is a foundational subject in England, taught to children from the age of five to 14 to build critical thinking, weigh evidence and help pupils understand the world they’ve inherited.The key stage 3 national curriculum, covering ages 11 to 14, states that pupils should understand how “Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world”, including a historically grounded understanding of empire. Continue reading...