[garinda]

Like Margaret's daugther my history lessons at school went from the Franco-Prussian War and ended with the Treaty of Versailles. All very interesting but it seemed along way away from the world l was living in.

Could any parent or younger person on here tell us where history is taught up to now?

I remember as a child watching all the trouble in the Middle East and in Ireland on the news, and not having a clue what was going on until l asked my parents and they explained.

Perhaps because today is tomorrows history, children should learn about more recent history, and perhaps the future could be rosier.