Utah school district plans to revise project where students were assigned to be slaves and slave masters Centennial Middle School (via Facebook) By: The Salt Lake Tribune Posted at 11:29 PM, Apr 19, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-20 01:29:34-04 PROVO, Utah â Students in an eighth-grade class in Provo were randomly assigned to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. And when they finished, they were instructed to âreach their own conclusions regarding the issues.â The assignment out of Centennial Middle School came last month and carried on despite pushback from several parents with students of color in the class.