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A 13 page paper which if the mandatory requirement (as of September 2002) to teach citizenship threatens differing perspectives on history, such as denying national identity and culture. Specifically considered are how history can teach citizenship, making use of two English school examples, to compare and contrast the drawbacks and benefits. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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File: TG15_TGEngCit.rtf
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Suddenly, planet Earth seemed like a smaller place and instead of representing a distinctive hodgepodge of different countries and nationalities, there was a collective sense during those moments of unspeakable
horror that the human race became citizens of the world. Once upon a time, citizenship had been a significant component that was prominently featured in the educational curricula of
most democratic nations. However, as times changed, so too did learning priorities, and eventually civics and citizenship classes lost popular favor. England was no exception. In fact,
in 1988, during the conservative leadership of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, there was frequent and heated debate as to whether there was a place in the classroom for the study
of citizenship. The Education Act, which was passed that year, appeared to deal a deadly blow to the continued presence of citizenship courses (Osborne, 2002). The Act maintained
that the focus in Englands schools should be on "national history" (Osborne, 2002). However, the liberal attitudes of Prime Minister Tony Blairs New Labour party in 1997 returned
education to the forefront of Englands political and public consciousness. According to the Secretary of Education Estelle Morris, national history is too narrow-minded and limited. During the aftermath
of September 11, it became increasingly evident that when terrorism touched one country, it affected the freedom of every person, regardless of nationality. Therefore, the British government declared that,
"As from September 2002, all maintained schools will be teaching citizenship as part of the national, regional, religious and ethnic identity... including issues of national, regional, religious and ethnic identity"
(James, 2002, p. PG). In the fall of 2002, citizenship would not simply be a course that schools could elect to add to their curriculum, if they so desired,
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