4/12/2008

Call to Freedom

This is not a joke. This is an actual 7th grade social studies textbook.

I wish the sheen of the goldleaf had come out better on the scanner.
I'd be fucking pissed.

Seriously? What an interesting question!

Another thought-provoking one.

4 comments:

  1. wait, wait...

    like, physically make the land bigger? like with a leather stretcher or something?

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  2. "How would you react to the arrival of strangers in your land?"

    Wait...are they talking about the Native Americans, Africans, or Asians? Because all that's part of American history, too.

    Let's not talk about that. But you HAVE to tell me how this book handles slavery. I really, really want to know.

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  3. amy: hahahahaha

    cassie: hahahahahaha

    melissa: um, true that. and as for slavery, all the terrible euphemisms you can imagine. WTF

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