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Feb 5, 2021
According to FOX NEWS, several Wisconsin teachers have been suspended after having middle-schoolers determine punishments for slaves for an assignment given at the start o fBlack History Month. The school eventually apologized to backlash from parents over the controversial coursework. First day of Black History Month and this was issued to my 6th grader at Patrick Marsh Middle School!!! read a Facebook post by Dazarrea Ervins, who alerted the Sun Prairie Area School District of the issue.
The history lesson asked sixth-graders at Patrick Marsh Middle School how they’d penalize a slave who had disrespected his master by telling him, ‘You are not my master. It aimed to illustrate the politics of ancient Mesopotamia by having the students apply an ancient law called Hammurabi’s Code to various situations, NBC 15 reported. The schoolwork said such a disobedient servant would be executed.
The school district is investigating after middle schoolers were asked to determine how they would punish a slave in a hypothetical question meant to test their knowledge of Hammurabi’s code.
Feb 5, 2021
According to FOX NEWS, several Wisconsin teachers have been suspended after having middle-schoolers determine punishments for slaves for an assignment given at the start o fBlack History Month. The school eventually apologized to backlash from parents over the controversial coursework. First day of Black History Month and this was issued to my 6th grader at Patrick Marsh Middle School!!! read a Facebook post by Dazarrea Ervins, who alerted the Sun Prairie Area School District of the issue.
The history lesson asked sixth-graders at Patrick Marsh Middle School how they’d penalize a slave who had disrespected his master by telling him, ‘You are not my master. It aimed to illustrate the politics of ancient Mesopotamia by having the students apply an ancient law called Hammurabi’s Code to various situations, NBC 15 reported. The schoolwork said such a disobedient servant would be executed.