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Here's what I tell teachers about how to teach young students about slavery

  • Written by Raphael E. Rogers, Associate Professor of Practice, Clark University
imageU.S. teachers often struggle to depict the realities of slavery in America. Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Nervous. Concerned. Worried. Wary. Unprepared.

This is how middle and high school teachers have told me they have felt over the past few years when it comes to teaching the troublesome topic of slavery.

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