🌱 What Maple Shade fifth-graders learn about slavery before middle school
Maple Shade, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Maple Shade! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
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- What Maple Shade fifth-graders learn about slavery before middle school
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- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 85 and low of 60 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading
• The United States Is Turning 250 Years Old — For History Teachers, It's a Complicated Lesson (katiecouric.com) — Maple Shade fifth-graders are already learning complex, global histories of enslavement as the nation prepares to mark the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary. The story follows teachers in New Jersey and across the country who are rethinking how to present America’s founding ideals, slavery, immigration, and civic values to students amid intense political scrutiny and misinformation. 
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