STUDY OF EMPIRE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 296, 13 December 1940, Page 5

STUDY OF EMPIRE.

SCHOOL POOKLETS. NEW EDUCATIONAL SCHEME. (Special.) LONDON, October 12. I The scheme worked out by the Board i of Education, in conjunction with th« ' Colonial Office, to promote the study of 1 the Empire by British school children , is receiving widespread support. Thousands of booklets by experts on >'tlie Empire are now being printed for r I distribution to schools. Mr. George j Hall. M.P.. Under-Secretary for the JColonies. who has taken a leading part l<in their production, said this week that inanv hi-tory text bonk** -ay little about j- the development of the Empire. ,-i "The new booklets have Wn written [ !in -imple languapo to brin? home to ihe ,• [i-hiMrcn of tiii- country the real jrreatne»- of our Empire,"' he said. "We feel lihi'V r-liould appreciate the va-t r«- —•nr--e» of the Umpire l>eyond their '"'.vii f"im:ry. and we ho;.e that .booklet- u ill help to build up a greater :-pirit °f unity lietween children here and their brothers and >i-ters across the -ca Ha;l added that the booklet# would !>e available for general distribuii tion. and he hoped that se<yvndarv and \ public -c]i<.r.!- would include the booklet# 1. in their curriculum.