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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roy Beggs (Ulster Unionist Party), on Monday, 27 February 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.

NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR HISTORY

That this House deplores the fact that the following significant aspects of British history are not prescribed in the national curriculum for history, namely stone age, bronze age and iron age (Celtic) Britain, Boadicea, conversion of Anglo-Saxons by Roman and Celtic christians, Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon/Viking kings, Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades, Simon de Montfort and the origins of Parliament, Agincourt, Joan of Arc, Battle of Bosworth, Wars of the Roses, Mary Queen of Scots, Gunpowder Plot, King James's Bible, Pilgrim Fathers, Great Plague, Great Fire of London, Newton, Marlborough, Blenheim, Act of Settlement, American colonies, Treaty of Utrecht, growth of Empire, Jacobites, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Clive of India, General Wolfe and Quebec, Wilberforce and slavery, American Revolution, Napoleonic Wars (Nelson and Trafalgar, Wellington and Waterloo), Queen Victoria, Crimean War, Florence Nightingale, Livingstone, Gordon, Zulu/Boer Wars, Berlin Congress, political leaders, Roman Empire, Crusades, Reformation, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, the development of British democracy since 1900, e.g. extension of the franchise, parliamentary reform, change in the political party system, distinguishing features of British democracy, changing role of the state, e.g. welfare state, Ireland within the United Kingdom, Act of Union (1801), famine, home rule movement, partition, Northern Ireland and the career of Winston Churchill; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Education to further review and amend the national curriculum history to give greater emphasis to the above and to rectify the exclusion of any reference to Northern Ireland in the national history curriculum.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 4 amendments.

680A4
at end add 'and believes also that all pupils should be taught (1) the background to and conduct of the Second World War and (2) the history of the struggles of the common people, including the role of the levellers and diggers during the Civil War, the Chartist Movement and the rise of the Trade Unions.'.
680A3
leave out from '1900' to 'Ireland' in line 16.
680A2
after 'Churchill', insert 'and the rise and betrayal of the Grimsby fishing industry.'.
680A1
at end add 'and urges all Right honourable Members to read the minority report on the National Curriculum History by C. J. M. McGovern, published by the Campaign for Real Education.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
680 
680A4 
680A3 
680A2 
680A1 
Session
1994-95
Subjects
Curriculum
Link
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