What the lesson plan SHOULD BE
1) slavery was horrible. Talk about how slaves were treated and how terrible their lives were.
2) America eventually came to their senses and did away with slavery, at the cost of a bloody and terrible war.
3) we need to make sure it never happens again.
What the lesson plans often ARE
1) America was totally founded on slavery and the entire nation bore its guilt from the very first instant, even if they were in a free state.
2) Slavery was horrible and talk about how slaves we’re treated and how terrible their lives were.
3) Even though slavery officially ended; it never really stopped and continues right down to the present day and every white person is an oppressor who owes black Americans (whether their ancestors were slaves or not) special privileges and reparations to make up for it.
4) Whites are inherently racists and have unfair privileges