Add Colonisation & the Trans Alantic Slavery to the History National Curriculum

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To tackle the rising tide of racial discontent in this country add the Trans Alantic Slave Trade, Colonisation, Decolonisation and BAME influences/roles during WWII as mandatory topics of study to the National Curriculum for History from Key Stage 1 all the way through to GCSEs.

The British education system for generations has only allowed us to learn a very select history.

Everyone educated here knows about the Tudors and Stuarts, we learn a curated view of the World Wars and of course the Battle of Hastings. But nothing on the Trans Alantic Slave Trade, colonalism or the role of the colonies in the World Wars.

This denies generations the opportunity to understand the true global impact of the UK and falsely writes ethnic minorities out of British history.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums

Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history

Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum

We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality

Timeline

5 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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