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This essay explores H.G. Wells’s attempts to reform the teaching of history between the two World Wars. Holding history teachers largely responsible for creating the mood of bellicose nationalism that made the First World War possible, Wells concluded that only a fundamentally reformed history education would ensure the survival of the human species. He pressed for a global history, to be taught in all the world’s schools, that began with the origins of the universe and ended with the present and a glimpse into the future that transcended national borders, and would be taught appropriately. Wells was widely read and often quoted by teachers but was unable to change the priorities of educational policy-makers. This essay examines his objections to conventional history; explores his alternative model of history education; and explains his eventual failure. Wells made an important contribution to the debate about history teaching in the inter-war years and his educational ideas have been unduly neglected. Resume Cet article expose les tentatives de l’ecrivain H. G. Wells en vue de reformer l’enseignement de l’histoire entre les deux guerres mondiales. Il tenait les professeurs d’histoire responsables du climat de nationalisme belliqueux qui avait rendu possible la guerre de 1914-1918. Wells etait arrive a la conclusion que seule une reforme en profondeur de l’enseignement de l’histoire pouvait assurer la survivance de l’espece humaine. Il preconisait une histoire universelle, enseignee dans toutes les ecoles du monde, qui commencerait avec les origines de l’univers et qui se terminerait avec le present et un apercu du futur qui transcenderait les frontieres nationales. Cette histoire se devait d’etre enseignee adequatement. Beaucoup lu et souvent cite par des enseignants, neanmoins Wells n’a pas reussi a influencer les orientations des programmes. Cet article examine sa critique de l’enseignement conventionnel de l’histoire, explore son modele alternatif et explique son echec eventuel. La contribution importante de Wells au debat sur l’enseignement en histoire durant l’entre-deux-guerres et ses idees educationnelles ont ete par trop negligees.

"One Great Epic Unfolding": H.G. Wells and the Interwar Debate on the Teaching of History