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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Do Schools Really Host Slave Auctions to Teach Slavery?

A professional genealogist suggests schools host slave auctions to show students how slavery felt. What a ludicrous idea. Click here to read the full story.

However, it seems teachers have been swimming in the shameful barrel to find lesson plan ideas. Remember the Georgia teacher who assigned the math problem: If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week? Don't forget another Georgia teacher who condoned the Slave Catcher v. Slaves game of tag


It's great that schools are teaching about slavery, but there needs to be an element of sensitivity involved. Slavery was no joke. Not then and not now.