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‘Set your price for a slave’: History teacher placed on leave for ‘culturally insensitive’ assignment

By Zach Halaschak
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‘Set your price for a slave’: History teacher placed on leave for ‘culturally insensitive’ assignment

An elementary school teacher in Missouri has been placed on leave after asking students to “set your price for a slave” on an assignment.

The fifth-grade teacher, who has not been named, teaches social studies at Blades Elementary School in St. Louis, according to KTVI. The question was given during an assignment based on prices for commodities in colonial America.

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