Millions of children 'being taught distorted view of European history...'

[MachineGhost]

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[quote=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... ation.html]Millions of children are being taught a “distorted”? view of European history that deliberately promotes further integration of the European Union, one of Britain’s leading historians has warned.

Prof David Abulafia, a Cambridge University don, has said school textbooks are “papering over”? past differences between European nations in favour of a misleading idea of European citizenship.

The Mediterranean History lecturer told The Telegraph the “soft push”? for further EU integration was most prominent in Germany and France but was starting to “creep in”? to teaching in Britain.

It comes as 30 top historians this week pledged support to a new campaign, Historians for Britain, calling for a fundamental redrawing of the UK’s relationship with the European Europe.[/quote]

[Libertarian666]

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Millions of children are being taught a “distorted”? view of European history that deliberately promotes further integration of the European Union, one of Britain’s leading historians has warned.

Prof David Abulafia, a Cambridge University don, has said school textbooks are “papering over”? past differences between European nations in favour of a misleading idea of European citizenship.

The Mediterranean History lecturer told The Telegraph the “soft push”? for further EU integration was most prominent in Germany and France but was starting to “creep in”? to teaching in Britain.

It comes as 30 top historians this week pledged support to a new campaign, Historians for Britain, calling for a fundamental redrawing of the UK’s relationship with the European Europe.

Of course truth is preferable to lies, if that is the choice. However, I don't think that previous historical education was necessarily objectively true. Given that, I'm in favor of reducing the promotion of violence and hatred.

[Jan Van]

Yes, teach history not some make believe stories. That's not going to help anybody, it will just breed ignorance.
What would they teach about WWI and WWII I wonder?

[dualstow]

Bad, but I like that the name Abulafia is in that article. Reminds me of Umberto Eco's novel, Foucault's Pendulum.

[Benko]

We live in an era where facts are quaint but secondary to the various agendas.  How is this different than the propaganda fed to the average US college student?

"Umberto Eco's novel, Foucault's Pendulum"
Very cool book.

[WildAboutHarry]

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.