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While I applaud the state for creating ethnic studies curriculums, I would note that, for many years at Mount Anthony Middle School (in Bennington), ethnic studies was part of the eighth-grade course of study. I created an extensive African American unit that encompassed the period 1619 to the present. I believed then and do now that young students should see a larger picture of U.S. history, especially in a state with a relatively small minority population.Charles WebsterRetired U.S. history teacherMount Anthony Middle SchoolBennington