People should read the actual draft curriculum which is available here:
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/h/history%2004-02-13.pdf
Also see the contributions of teachers and historians in favour:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/15/history-teaching-curriculum-gove-right
And against:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/feb/18/history-teachers-learn-face-facts
The link below takes you to a parliamentary petition which explains the objections of many academic historians and history teachers as follows:
Keep the history curriculum politically neutral
Responsible department: Department for Education
We strongly object to the government’s proposed new history curriculum and want it to be scrapped on the following grounds:
1) An almost exclusively British history course encourages insularity, needlessly narrows the horizons of pupils and is a poor preparation for later life.
2) The content of the course is impractical to deliver, dry and likely to disengage pupils from history.
3) The proposals have been made without adequate consultation with professionals.
4) The use of the education system to promote a nationalist political agenda will stop history being a vehicle for teaching critical thought and is an assault on academic freedom."
Please readers do your bit. History is a vital element in forming the identities and perceptions of young British minds. Do something to prevent the subject becoming politicized, boring and inward-facing.
