I loved one of the history modules I got to do in my last year: the beginning of the industrial revolution (in Lancashire, because the rest wasn't specific enough already). Such a nice change of pace!

If it's any consolation, I can go on and on about how crappy English education is over here. It's... How do you expect kids to learn proper English when the teachers haven't even mastered the language? (We'll just both back away from the educational topics very slowly, shall we?)