San Antonio school assignment asking students to list 'positives' of slavery

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(04-20-2018, 08:53 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: "Sure Hitler killed 6 million Jews, but he lowered unemployment".

It's definitely too advanced for their age, but, rather than asking for "positives", ask what motivated the South to want to preserve slavery and then have your students explain the immorality of slavery.

1) Also, highways.

2) I don't know if the fundamental concept of slavery is so hard to grasp. In that the obvióus benefit is, hey, there's work to do, I'd prefer someone else do it, and it'd be swell if I just owned that person and wouldn't have to pay for the work. I guess kids can relate to that.