Two Somerset County parents say they were surprised to find what they say is an 'alarming assignment' brought home by their fifth-grade daughter last week.Conem
by Baylee Wojcik/WJAC staffConemaugh Township "slavery" assignmentTwo Somerset County parents say they were surprised to find what they say is an "alarming assignment" brought home by their fifth-grade daughter last week.
“On Thursday morning, we got an assignment in our daughter’s schoolwork folder, and it was basically a colored in worksheet that was titled ‘auctions, winnings to the highest bidder.’ And it was an assignment wherein the fifth graders were supposed to portray slave masters and identify what qualifications they wanted in their slave,” the father said.
“I don’t think that we should be teaching our fifth graders or putting them in the frame of mind of what it’s like to own another human being or what qualifications hypothetically you would want in them.
In a statement to 6 news, the superintendent of Conemaugh Township school district says the assignment was intended to help students to comprehend slavery, but a different approach should have been taken.
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