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exboyfil

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5. The tactile feel of it

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 01:25 PM

Apr 2022

It is sharp and grating and at the end of the day your fingers would be bleeding from being forced to pick it.

I think it communicates that point very well. Also Social Studies is often taught by showing examples of the time. Let's say if you wanted to show how difficult it was to dress like a "lady" in Victorian England, bringing the dress, corsett, and undergarments would be another example.

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You can't teach about slavery by bringing a cotton plant to class? [View all] exboyfil Apr 2022 OP

Article is all over the place! LeftInTX Apr 2022 #1

What does bringing a cotton boll to class teach about slavery? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #2

The tactile feel of it exboyfil Apr 2022 #5

So kids need to be hurt to understand being hurt? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #7

Yes EndlessWire Apr 2022 #17

I imagine its a way to show kids the difference between AleksS Apr 2022 #6

The difficulty in harvesting cotton, I would think, elleng Apr 2022 #8

And how does it promote empathy? Solly Mack Apr 2022 #10

Thank you for this post. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #11

The yahoo article states she brought actual shrubs. The plants themselves have sharp edges LeftInTX Apr 2022 #15

And still not a lesson in empathy. Solly Mack Apr 2022 #16

They might learn there are thorns in it. alphafemale Apr 2022 #18

Imagine what they would have done had she brought sugar cane to the classroom, or rice . . . Journeyman Apr 2022 #3

My white mother in law and her sisters picked cotton when she was a child. haele Apr 2022 #4

my grandmother and mother WhiteTara Apr 2022 #9

glad I'm not a teacher. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #12

This article is starting to make me think that we teach slavery all wrong. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #13

We do. For too many, it is taught with a host of mitigating rationalizations Solly Mack Apr 2022 #14