I would have been more impressed listening to David Starkey “blast” history teaching at the history in education conference if I felt he had actually been in a classroom in recent years.
To say, as he did, that children cannot learn about the past from documents is nonsense; they can and they do. If he would care to get in touch with me, I’ll show him how it’s done.
James Turtle
Education outreach manager
Gloucestershire Record Office
Alvin Street
Gloucester
