Norcross, GA-Teaching history talking about slaves is one thing, but how appropriate was it asking slaves questions to third graders or any grade for that matter?
A Gwinnett County, Georgia school came under fire when parents questioned why a teacher assigned third graders homework that consisted of slavery questions. In the assignment the question asks, “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"
Another question was, “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?" Another question asked how many baskets of cotton Frederick filled.
"This outrages me because it just lets me know that there's still racists," said Stephanie Jones, whose child is a student at the school. The parents spoke how about furious the questions made them. A Gwinnett school district spokesperson, Sloan Roach explained, “the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity.”
Roach said the teachers were attempting to incorporate social studies into math problems.
"We understand that there are concerns about these questions, and we agree that these questions were not appropriate," she said. No immediate response or action on what would be done to correct the matter was available from the school involved, Beaver Ridge Elementary School
A Gwinnett County, Georgia school came under fire when parents questioned why a teacher assigned third graders homework that consisted of slavery questions. In the assignment the question asks, “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"
Another question was, “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?" Another question asked how many baskets of cotton Frederick filled.
"This outrages me because it just lets me know that there's still racists," said Stephanie Jones, whose child is a student at the school. The parents spoke how about furious the questions made them. A Gwinnett school district spokesperson, Sloan Roach explained, “the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity.”
Roach said the teachers were attempting to incorporate social studies into math problems.
"We understand that there are concerns about these questions, and we agree that these questions were not appropriate," she said. No immediate response or action on what would be done to correct the matter was available from the school involved, Beaver Ridge Elementary School
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