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3 ways to improve education about slavery in the US

  • Written by Tiffany Mitchell Patterson, Assistant Professor of Secondary Social Studies, West Virginia University
Textbooks often do a poor job when it comes to teaching students about slavery in the U.S.Dusan Pavlic from www.shutterstock.com

When it comes to teaching students about slavery in the United States, teachers often stumble through the topic. In the worst cases, they use poorly conceived lessons that end up inflaming students, parents and...

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