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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe this school needs more creative and sensitive approaches to teaching about painful topics in history? There is such potential for inflicting trauma on POC in the way we go about teaching slavery, Holocaust, Japanese internment... maybe save the skits and fun and revelry for the many more innocuous topics.  [/quote]

Sure, but there really is no super bright line--and you end up wondering what doesn't trivialize a topic once you apply the fun metric. What is the difference between fun vs. engaging teaching (always the goal)? A thesis could no doubt be written on it. If you don't want schools to be completely whittled down, you need to allow some flexibility and a common sense clause to apply. Maybe this failed the common sense clause, maybe it didn't - context is needed to delve into that one. Regardless, no one needs to be flagellated or deliver public , Cultural Revolution style apologies to the community and world at large for a mild dress up scenario --whether Pharaohs or Civil War costumes. If it's been pulled they no doubt are reflecting on it and likely won't repeat it. Curriculum is a living thing, if it's good curriculum. Or you can, you know, just give kids workbooks.[/quote]

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