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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if something was plantation themed that’s obviously a terrible idea and racist but period dress for women of the civil war era could be wives of northern soldiers, no? Antebellum refers to the southern houses, dresses, etc general  but civil war doesn’t mean that right? [/quote]

The teacher’s post only said that they were having “a little fun with dress up before shooting Civil war videos.”

I’m sure there is an appropriate history lesson that was in there about the civil war. But no, kids shouldn’t be taught that [b]civil war dress up is fun[/b]. She lost me there and I would have been mortified if my kid was in the photos.

They lost me further when they took them down without public accountability. They know they screwed up but have failed to say so (outside the school walls). [/quote]

What if they wrote skits based on Uncle Tom's Cabin? Or Harriet Tubman? Or Voices for Abolition?  I agree you can't touch any of these with a ten foot pole today, but you are deluding yourself if you think elementary kids don't find some of these episodes in history to be exciting and daring.  Kids also find Anne Frank's poignant dairy compelling despite knowing the horror of her family ultimately being unable to evade concentration camp. They find resistance to the Nazis in all forms, exciting. Yes, exciting. These stories are human, daring, and sometimes involve forces for what's right and decent coming out on top in the end. No one is being 'taught' that the enslavers or Nazis were on the right side of history, though context and perspectives may be explored. if you strip the story-telling away, school becomes all somber candle-lighting. There is a time for that ( especially remembrance ceremonies, or moments of reflection and gravitas during lessons that are simply palpable if you have ever taught), but if you completely strip away the story vehicles that are the main way children learn, I guarantee kids will not remember and there will be nothing left to remember.[/quote]

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