To: Department of Educatiin U.K. Government

Put To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee on the National Curriculum

We would like to see this text as part of the National Curriculum for all children in all U.K. secondary schools in Key stage two.

Why is this important?

This is important as children develop , learn and internalise reading and sets of values from books they study at these ages. Following the outrageous killing of George Ffoyd in the US , institutional and personal racism has been shown in the light to be the dangerous and destructive hatred that it is. Education is the way many hearts and minds can be nurtured and made aware of these dangers and that justice comes must always prevail before peace - a pint t among others that this great text clearly demonstrates