[H]istory provides content that supports the development of students’ world views, particularly in relation to actions that require judgment about past social systems and access to and use of the Earth’s resources.
The National Curriculum goes on to explain how the History curriculum “provides opportunities for students to develop an historical perspective on sustainability by understanding, for example … the overuse of natural resources, the rise of environmental movements and the global energy crisis …”
He also notes the curriculum writers claim education should be
futures-oriented, focusing on protecting environments and creating a more ecologically and socially just world through action that recognises the relevance and interdependence of environmental, social, cultural and economic considerations.
Roskam goes on to note that this curriculum completely ignores the English Civil War and the Magna Carta.
One can find examples of schools with wacky curriculum priorities here in the
See Lindsey Burke’s “Waive State Education Authority Goodbye” at The Foundry for a discussion of why this move isn’t going to improve education.