At long last, British kids will be taught their ancestors were not monsters

Britian's Secretary of State for Education has introduced a new curriculum for their young.  A little too late, in my opinion although a great many on the Right seem to think it will help to set things right.

Cristina Odone writing at TelegraphUK:
.....British schoolchildren are taught that their ancestors were bullies and racists. How about celebrating our history for a change?

I'm glad to see that the new National Curriculum will be big on British history. The present state of affairs is dire, and has long needed an overhaul. Eric Pickles has stressed the importance of English for immigrants to feel proper citizens – but history is just as necessary, for citizens and immigrants alike. When the natives have been taught to hate their ancestors, who's going to teach the newcomers how lucky they are to be in their new homeland?

Identity is a precious thing. As the daughter of an Italian father and Swedish mother, born in Nairobi, raised in Washington DC and now living in Britain, I envy people whose roots stretch deep into one country. Like my daughter: she was born in London and has lived here all her (almost) ten years. She knows the words to "God Save the Queen" (almost) and whooped when Andy Murray won at Wimbledon.

But if Izzy feels patriotic, she doesn't know why. She has only the vaguest idea who Winston Churchill was – though she knows why Boudicca is remembered. She talks about the Great Fire of London and the Blitz as if they were a few years apart. Her history projects have been like a connect-the-dots drawing – without the connecting lines.
She solemnly told me that the British had been very nasty to Jamaica – they'd stolen its trains. This, in year 4, was her introduction to Empire. I know what will come next: slavery, of course, and racism and oppression – important subjects, but not the whole story. By the time our national curriculum is finished with them, every schoolchild in Britain has learned that their ancestors were bullies and egomaniacs. Instead of imparting an identity, the coursework will leave them with an identity complex. That will not make them confident citizens.

Michael Gove promises things will change. I hope so, for our children's sake.
The time has come for a national curriculum that instils a sense of national pride in our children.