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MargaretR · 11-02-2009, 00:10

I have a passion for history.
At the Accy High school in the late 60s, history was taught in its historical sequence, starting in the stone age(briefly) and ending 5 years later(in education time

) just before Queen Victoria.
It was always British history but because of wars and the explorations and conquests which formed the empire, brief snippets of the history of other countries was added in to clarify the then situation.

It is an enormous subject and there is more of it to learn by now

Historians tend to specialise in a particular section in time that interests them most, and teachers do the same.

The part that I had little taught at school is the part that I have taken trouble to discover myself - ancient history, and even pre-history

11-02-2009, 00:10	#8
MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 518 times Rep Power: 68671	Re: 1066 and all that .... I have a passion for history. At the Accy High school in the late 60s, history was taught in its historical sequence, starting in the stone age(briefly) and ending 5 years later(in education time ) just before Queen Victoria. It was always British history but because of wars and the explorations and conquests which formed the empire, brief snippets of the history of other countries was added in to clarify the then situation. It is an enormous subject and there is more of it to learn by now Historians tend to specialise in a particular section in time that interests them most, and teachers do the same. The part that I had little taught at school is the part that I have taken trouble to discover myself - ancient history, and even pre-history __________________ Last edited by MargaretR; 11-02-2009 at 00:14.