Millions of children 'being taught distorted view of European history...'
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:52 am
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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]
[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]