When I taught 5th grade, we had frank discussions about things like the triangular trade etc.
Oddly enough in all the notes I received when I left my student teaching, the kids mostly mentioned the lesson where I gave them "slave names" after explaining how this was done back then to dehumanize and demoralize the slaves. It was a,mixed inner city class. That had left an impression. I couldn't do it today.
We can't hide from history but we can't fabricate it either. That's why as an author I write nonfiction - the truth is way more unbelievable.
Not during that part of the unit but you could when it was appropriate for the curriculum. I.e. 5th grade wouldn't cover that but perhaps a middle school or high school level would go into civil rights Era and modern stuff etc.
When I taught 5th grade, we had frank discussions about things like the triangular trade etc.
Oddly enough in all the notes I received when I left my student teaching, the kids mostly mentioned the lesson where I gave them "slave names" after explaining how this was done back then to dehumanize and demoralize the slaves. It was a,mixed inner city class. That had left an impression. I couldn't do it today.
We can't hide from history but we can't fabricate it either. That's why as an author I write nonfiction - the truth is way more unbelievable.
Did you address contemporary issues?
Not during that part of the unit but you could when it was appropriate for the curriculum. I.e. 5th grade wouldn't cover that but perhaps a middle school or high school level would go into civil rights Era and modern stuff etc.