Title: Exploring the potential for history and citizenship education with primary children at the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol
Abstract: This paper raises issues concerning learning and teaching about the British Empire and Commonwealth and suggests reasons why this area is an important one for children to learn about. Here it echoes recent concerns about the relatively absent role of Imperialism in the English National Curriculum for History. The paper analyses how the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol attempts to construct the narrative of Empire and takes into account different interpretations and alternative viewpoints within its collection. The potential for using the museum as a resource for learning history and citizenship is described through analysis of case studies emanating from primary school children working with postgraduate primary trainees at the museum.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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