According to curriculum guidelines from the school support organisation The Key, The British Empire should be taught to school pupils in the same way as Nazi Germany.
The Key works with teachers to ensure the history curriculum is sufficiently “anti-racist”, advising teachers to present the British Empire akin to Nazi Germany as a power that “committed atrocities”.
Importantly, the guidance states that pupils should also not be taught about the balance of “good and bad” aspects of the Empire.
It is worth noting that the British Empire spanned 400 years, during which slavery was both practised and campaigned against. In contrast, the Nazi regime lasted from 1933 to 1945, instigating a global war which cost the lives of 75 million, including six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
