Local teachers prepare for educational impact of Confederate flag debate (SC)
July 23, 2015 By Rachel Ham
... Albert Robertson, a past State Teacher of the Year finalist and current middle school social studies instructor in Lexington School District One, said recent events give students a “great opportunity … to look at historical context and the different meanings of symbols throughout our human story.”
“I would approach this topic ... in a way that allowed them to dig deep into primary sources from now, from the time the flag was raised on the State House and was ... moved to the Confederate Memorial, and from the Civil War era in U.S. and S.C. history to search for meaning,” he said ...
“Looking at the rich history of South Carolina through a culturally responsive lens is most appropriate as well. Teaching students that racism is simply unacceptable and helping them to become ‘upstanders’ when they see hatred, violence or bullying is a start,” Robertson said. “We have been given a great responsibility as educators to help students make meaning of the world around them and stand up for one another as members of the human race” ...
http://coladaily.com/2015/07/23/state-department-of-education-local-teachers-prepare-for-educational-impact-of-confederate-flag-debate/
