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Jingoism is very distinct from knowing about British history, writes teacher Robert Peal – we shouldn’t let our distaste for the former stop us teaching the latter

Life and language are littered with historical references and metaphors, which is why we must give all pupils a grounding in the subject, writes one classroom teacher

If we fail to teach students a core body of historical knowledge, we are excluding them from the national conversation

If we fail to teach students a core body of historical knowledge, we are excluding them from the national conversation

Efforts to make textbooks engaging are taking the magic out of the subject. What we need are stories, not snippets of source material