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A parent, Clifford Branan, said his son's teacher assigned the homework Friday, as a supplement to "Sounder," a book his class is reading. The book is commonly used in classrooms nationwide to illustrate racial bigotry and sharecropping hardships through the eyes of a young black boy.
Branan said he could not believe the puzzle with words like cabin, smokehouse and lantern also included the N-word along with its clue, "17 across: An insulting way to label a black person."
He said the word crosses the line between history and hate. "It's not something you want to teach," Branan said.
Jeez, you are suppose to teach how things used to be, but not give examples. No wonder American students do so poorly in history.
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A parent, Clifford Branan, said his son's teacher assigned the homework Friday, as a supplement to "Sounder," a book his class is reading. The book is commonly used in classrooms nationwide to illustrate racial bigotry and sharecropping hardships through the eyes of a young black boy.
Branan said he could not believe the puzzle with words like cabin, smokehouse and lantern also included the N-word along with its clue, "17 across: An insulting way to label a black person."
He said the word crosses the line between history and hate. "It's not something you want to teach," Branan said.
Jeez, you are suppose to teach how things used to be, but not give examples. No wonder American students do so poorly in history.
- Co~workers Can Tell You What To Read
At the University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) a janitor (who is also enrolled as a student) was reading "Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan" (Loyola Press), by Todd Tucker. On the basis of the cover alone,...
- National Standards For Teachers Needed
Is it important for elementary teachers to know American History? Only nine states - California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas and Washington - require aspiring elementary-school teachers to take...
- If The School Doesn’t Tell You What To Do Or Give You The Textbooks Then How Do You Know What To Teach?
A parent who is considering homeschooling asked me some questions, the main one was “If the school doesn’t tell you what to do or give you the textbooks then how do you know what to teach?”. Since the Thinking Mother had such a thoughtful response...
- Things That Caught My Eye In The Blog World
A thought provoking post by History is Elementary on Teaching Strategies. Mother Crone has some nifty post on the science, art & history fairs Girlie and Scout took part in. Henry continues the discussion about the Federal judge says public schools...
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In New Jersey we have Hell in the Public School Classroom. Sixteen-year-old junior Matthew LaClair says he was shocked when history teacher David Paszkiewicz, who is also a Baptist preacher in town, spent the first week lecturing students more about Heaven...