slytherinica:

cinnamon-and-sins:

thesociologicalcinema:

The Trail of Tears is erased. Your children’s textbooks are not teaching history. All parents should care. All school boards too.

~ @debraj112

Guys, it’s a fucking Elementary school textbook. The Trail of Tears is not erased. Most schools don’t want to be telling fucking 6-9 year olds about mass slaughter

When I was in 3rd grade, we did a sort of simulation of the Trail of Tears. We were each assigned randomly to be a settler or a native person. If you didn’t walk fast enough, you died. If you couldn’t get over the obstacles, you died. If you made it to the end (I did) and accepted a blanket, you died (of pox). It was really informative and helped us understand just a little what it felt like, and everyone took it well, even though we were kids.

slytherinica:

cinnamon-and-sins:

thesociologicalcinema:

The Trail of Tears is erased. Your children’s textbooks are not teaching history. All parents should care. All school boards too.

~ @debraj112

Guys, it’s a fucking Elementary school textbook. The Trail of Tears is not erased. Most schools don’t want to be telling fucking 6-9 year olds about mass slaughter

When I was in 3rd grade, we did a sort of simulation of the Trail of Tears. We were each assigned randomly to be a settler or a native person. If you didn’t walk fast enough, you died. If you couldn’t get over the obstacles, you died. If you made it to the end (I did) and accepted a blanket, you died (of pox). It was really informative and helped us understand just a little what it felt like, and everyone took it well, even though we were kids.