A high quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupil’s curiosity to know more about the past. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.
(National Curriculum 2014)
Elimu ya historia ya ubora wa juu itasaidia wanafunzi kupata maarifa na uelewa wa zamani wa Uingereza na ile ya ulimwengu kwa ujumla. Inapaswa kuchochea udadisi wa mwanafunzi wa kujua zaidi kuhusu wakati uliopita. Kufundisha kunapaswa kuwawezesha wanafunzi kuuliza maswali ya ufahamu, kufikiri kwa ukali, kupima ushahidi, kuchanganua hoja na kuendeleza mtazamo na uamuzi. Historia husaidia wanafunzi kuelewa utata wa maisha ya watu, mchakato wa mabadiliko, utofauti wa jamii na mahusiano kati ya makundi tofauti, pamoja na utambulisho wao wenyewe na changamoto za wakati wao. (Mipango ya masomo ya kitaifa ya 2014)