In a message dated 2/27/03 10:25:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> The SOLs provide the framework that allows educators to walk through the
> extremes and present a fair side of history to students

and there is the problem... thru who's filter or interpretation who we let
children know. As an adult I agree with Tom's approach....for children at 6
years I don't believe that they need to know "the dirty" side of a hero...
all you are doing is developing a very negative view of historical figures
and culture and possibly biasing them. Some things 6 years don't understand
why ( as some adults don't)....to understand the events sometime you have to
understand the world the characters lived in.....I know if I told my 6 yr old
about how the Spanish had galley slaves ( remember in those days slavery was
an excepted institution) she would relate it to today's standard and think
ill of the Spanish......

Just a thought.

Bill

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