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March 13, 2021
WAXHAW, N.C. Some parents in Union County are outraged over a controversial assignment at a local elementary school. Many of them are calling for the firing of Union County teachers involved in a research project about slavery.
That assignment was given to 4th graders at Waxhaw Elementary School. The Union County School District described the assignment this way.
“As part of a research project about North Carolinians, the assignment was intended to help students analyze events from the Pre-Colonial period to Reconstruction through the perspective of a key historical figure.”
In other words, 4th graders were told to write tweets from the perspective of someone from the Civil War Era.
Waxhaw Elementary School students were asked to roleplay as civil war era individuals. Author: WCNC Staff Updated: 12:10 AM EST March 12, 2021
WAXHAW, N.C. The Union County School District is apologizing for an elementary school assignment that led to the creation of the fictional, pro-slavery hashtag.
During the assignment at Waxhaw Elementary School, students were asked to roleplay as individuals from the civil war era but given the usage of modern technology. An image post to social media showed a mockup of a Twitter news feed, which among other messages, included a message with the hashtag #SlaveryForLife.
In response to the assignment, the school district issued this statement:
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