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Utah school district says it will revise project where students were assigned to be slaves and slave masters
Centennial Middle School in Provo faced pushback from parents.
(Centennial Middle School via Facebook) Centennial Middle School as seen on the school s Facebook page. The school will revise an assignment where students were told to be slaves after pushback from parents.
| April 19, 2021, 9:32 p.m.
Students in an eighth grade class in Provo were randomly assigned to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. And when they finished, they were instructed to “reach their own conclusions regarding the issues.”
Utah school district plans to revise project where students were assigned to be slaves and slave masters
Centennial Middle School (via Facebook)
By: The Salt Lake Tribune
Posted at 11:29 PM, Apr 19, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-20 01:29:34-04
PROVO, Utah â Students in an eighth-grade class in Provo were randomly assigned to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. And when they finished, they were instructed to âreach their own conclusions regarding the issues.â
The assignment out of Centennial Middle School came last month and carried on despite pushback from several parents with students of color in the class.
| Updated: 1:07 p.m.
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