Slaves, Oranges and Arithmetic: The Dangers of Too Much Content Integration
In that ever-growing list of educational untouchables, the enslavement of African Americans is among the most sensitive and nerve-rattling.
So why in Hell would a teacher build a set of math problems based on slavery? The misguided belief that social studies can—and should—be integrated into everything.
One of the offending questions, courtesy of ABC News
If ever there was proof that social studies deserves to remain a separate and distinct subject, it is the recent“slave math” controversy. Luis Rivera, a third grade teacher in the Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County, Georgiaresigned when he assigned math homework that included problems involving slavery and beatings. Samples of
