RE:[Mpls] County Board/Black History Exhibit

[V.L. Freeman]

"One of the primary concerns of educators teaching the history of the
Graphic material should be used judiciously and only to the extent necessary to achieve the objective of the lesson ...The assumption that all students will seek to understand human behavior after being exposed to horrible images is fallacious. Some students may be so appalled by images of brutality and mass murder that they are discouraged from studying the subject further."

Amy Draeger
Audubon Park

(Vanessa Freeman)
Amy, I think you find on this link below, provided by Tim Bonham. There is a lesson for educators on how to speak with youth first about the history and such. I also feel that it good for our students to learn from history past. They will be our next leaders in life and how are they to know how to move forward if at first they can't see and learn from the past. No matter how horrible the past was.

(http://www.givens.org/curriculum_detail.asp?CurriculumID=112)

When I was in Jr. high, I remember in Social Studies, we were learning of slavery, I must admit that up until that time, I was green behind the ears. I never seen racism, or if I did did not understand what was happening and as homework, we were to watch Alex Haley's Roots.

I must say I thought this was a good thing, I get to watch television for homework, YEA!. I soon found out, the story of one man's family greatly disturb me. When the assignment was over we all talked about our feelings and how we felt about seeing something so horrific. I also understood racism did not stop, it only changed forms and formats.




Vanessa Freeman
Hawthorne


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