Students question handling of Black History Month lesson at Creighton Middle School Student: "There was a knot in my stomach." Denver7 and last updated 2021-02-11 12:55:37-05 LAKEWOOD, Colo. â Several parents are up in arms about a Black History Month lesson they say was handled inappropriately. The lesson, in a gifted and talented 8th grade Social Studies class at Creighton Middle School, focused on slavery. "It made me nauseous," one student said. "There was a knot in my stomach." That student, who asked to be called Kaye, said the instructor told her class the lesson was a serious matter. But Kaye said some students didn't take it seriously.