Last week, I kept asking my sixth graders to think back over our study of world history, geography and cultures and try to pick one over-arching theme that impacted the history of all of the culture regions we studied, and is still impacting them today.
One precious little girl raised her hand and answered: The Europeans came in and took everybody's stuff!
I almost shrieked my yes. The one theme I most wanted them to learn. Whew.
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Have you read The True Meaning of Smekday? I think it helps to imagine what it would be like to be colonized (colonialized?) on a global level.
Just recently. I loved it. I never thought of the connection to school, though - totally should have read it to them.
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