It is more important for schoolchildren to learn about local history than world history. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Teaching history to schoolchildren has been a heated topic over the years. There is a common belief that local history is more important to children than world history.

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It is argued that children in the age of schooling should place more emphasis on learning the history of the place where they live than the global history. While I agree that finding the local history will help them gain more knowledge of their origin, I believe that there are some benefits of accessing the world history.