How is the American Revolution taught in the UK?

[Rev. Rye]

Interesting to hear that the American Revolution is hardly mentioned in the school curiculum. But then, when I was in school, we didn't learn much about English history. Other than Henry VIII I couldn't tell you much about British monarchs.

A few years ago we took a trip to Lexington and Concord to visit the places where the revolution started. At Concord there were a couple of graves where British soldiers are buried. The graves were well marked with English flags and treated with reverence. I was pleased to see that, although they were "the enemy", their final resting place is treated with respect.

You've got almost a millennium's worth of material to work with. How do you expect to get too much of it into an entire academic term?