ThatOwlWoman (07-02-2022)
It was being used in an English class.
What does, "on the order of the 1619 project" even mean? A book about internment camps is likely going to be of interest for many students. It is relevant and part of our history.
Some of our history is amazing, some sucks. If these right wing extremist parents are going to challenge every book about history that isn't positive that is a joke.
The only way we will ever achieve our ideals and become a more perfect union is to understand what we got wrong.
This blind attack on a novel is just that, blind. It is ignorance and lazy. 10th graders need something to think about or they will disengage. If you put a bunch of America is perfect texts in front of them they will disengage and they will know it is BS and likely end up hating this country because they won't trust this country.
If parents really want a voice, ask for a copy of the book and read/discuss it with your child. Stop being lazy and ignorant.
AProudLefty (07-01-2022), christiefan915 (07-02-2022), ThatOwlWoman (07-02-2022)
https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/b....AmhYxrDG.dpbsTHE 1619 PROJECT CURRICULUM TAUGHT IN OVER 4,500 SCHOOLS — FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS THE OPTION
https://www.newsweek.com/u-s-schools...months-1530138
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybet...h=562722797a15
As a fictional novel, that's fine. The Japanese internment was a poor thing in US history. Of course, the internment of Americans of German and Italian origins is overlooked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...rman_Americans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...se%20Americans.
I wonder why that is? No, I don't but I thought I'd toss it in.
Also note, that Japanese Americans that didn't live on the West Coast (eg., in California) weren't interned.
As a minor footnote to history, Japanese diplomats and other officials who had immunity and were to be repatriated to Japan were held here until that happened:
That's the Triangle T guest ranch in Dragoon Arizona. The location was selected by the government for its remoteness, proximity to a US Army base (Fort Huachuca AZ), and being next to a rail line. As you can see, it's still in operation today and you can stay in a cabin where the Japanese diplomats were held some 80 years ago.
Oh, by the by...
The Buddhist temple I attend was founded in Phoenix by Japanese-Americans after being released from internment camps here in Arizona.
Callinectes (07-01-2022)
Callinectes (07-01-2022)
https://www.socialstudies.org/profes...social-studiesChloe Hebert and Annabeth Edens, 9th-grade social studies educators from the Greater Crossings High School Network team in Kentucky.
Christy Stanley, Director of Humanities with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district in North Carolina. The CHCCS team created and implemented the 8th Grade social studies unit.
Tiara Mintz, Middle and high schools social studies educator from the Friendship Public Charter School team in Washington, D.C.
Kristian Ogungbemi, 12th-grade Global Leadership teacher from the Kensington Health Sciences Humanities Network team in Pennsylvania.
Easy-peasy. Leftists are proud of their profound stupidity.
Callinectes (07-01-2022)
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