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Created: April 21, 2021 05:40 PM PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WHEC) — Wednesday News10NBC tried to get to the bottom of the controversial lesson plan on slavery that was used in a Pittsford fourth grade class. A similar plan was used in a class in Webster two months ago. So Wednesday we purchased lesson plans from the same source the teachers used.  The lesson that one Pittsford teacher gave to her fourth-grade class. The lesson plan on Colonial Life wasn't available to buy.  We could not locate any worksheet or lesson plan that was remotely similar to the ones used in Pittsford and Webst...

School Apologizes for Teaching Slaves Came to America by Choice On 4/22/21 at 6:02 AM EDT An elementary school in upstate New York has issued an apology after some fourth graders were wrongly taught that enslaved Africans came to America by choice. A teacher at Jefferson Road Elementary School in Pittsford used worksheets from an online resource called Classroom Nook during a lesson about slavery in January. The local school board has not approved the website as a source for educational materials, according to Rochester TV station WROC. Michael Pero, superintendent of schools for Pittsford Ce...

Created: April 20, 2021 06:49 PM PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WHEC) — Tuesday, the Pittsford Central School District pulled a worksheet the district says was used in one 4th grade class on one day in January. The district shared a photo of the worksheet. It talks about the slaves' "trip to America" and that they "agreed" to work for colonialists. Pittsford Superintendent Michael Pero says a parent alerted his office to this lesson plan Tuesday. "The worksheet was in no way an accurate depiction of slavery during Colonial Times and was highly insensitive in tone," Pero said in a statemen...