Do kids in England learn about the American Civil War.?

I have just finished GCSE's (age 16) an we have not once been taught about your civil war (it's the end of compulsory education aswell). We have been taught about our own civil war but ours is much more complicated so I forget, yours on the other hand is quite simple and is basic common knowledge over here.

Not sure what is taught in schools here in England today, but when I was at school back in the 1940s and 1950s we certainly were taught something about the American Civil War, esp. in respect of Abe Lincoln, Robert E Lee and so forth.

In my childhood and growing up, the connection between the UK and USA was much more physical than it is today. There were still thousands of American forces stationed here after WW2 and right into the 1950s.

Since it was the British who actually established colonies in what became the USA, I imagine that quite a lot of American history is taught in schools. If not so much the Civil War, certainly WW2 which is a major section of history taught here in UK. Indeed, the British people and I guess also the American people, think of themselves as victorious in that war by 1945. It is how we see ourselves, free.

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I'm guessing the main thing about the American Civil War that would be taught in Great Britain would be the Trent Affair, where the USS San Jacinto, commanded by Union Navy Captain Charles Wilkes a British ship the RMS Trent...The British were neutral during the American Civil War, so it doesn't really have anything to do with them, other than the Trent Affair

British history covers thousands of years and most of the globe, but history teaching in UK tends to be erratic. When I was at school (long time ago) we learnt about the Romans, then Ancient Egypt, lots on the Tudors, then jumped to the causes of World War II.

Outside of school a few kids will have read about the Anglo Saxons, the Indian Empire, the New World, Agincourt, the Afghan Wars, the Boer War, the peasants revolt, the Spanish Armada etc, but most won't and very few will be able to put them in context.

The American Civil War is interesting because it's so recent, so pointless and so bloody, but I suspect that most kids in the UK haven't even heard of it (or the war of independence).

Depends on age and school. If you're around 15-17 then maybe as it might be part of the curriculum. If younger then most likely not. We learn about WW2, Battle of Hastings and other things but not much about America.

In my opinion though, it might not be that impressive anyway.

No really. We kinda get a basic idea, the north won. But that's about it.

On a side note, trying to impress a kid from a country, that hasn't been invaded for nearly 1000 years is going to be hard.

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I learnt it in school around 15+ years ago. No idea if the kids get taught it these days.

No we aren't taught it strictly at school, but most of us know about it. I picked it up from a book I read when I was about 10.

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