Rejected petition Teach the history of the British Empire to children

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The government needs to stop avoiding the teaching of Britain's great history, because they aren't taught about the British Empire, British children leave schools almost completely ignorant to the last 300 years of world history and couldn't tell you anything about the Empire.

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Date submitted 30 August 2011
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