What’s Published About the Curriculum?

What follows (excluding the image) is copied and pasted directly from the Florida Department of Education website.

The messaging is subtle but clear. The status quo must be maintained – nothing else will be considered.

Our brief reflections are below, but for now, read it in its entirety, and draw your own conclusions.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

• The following is in the required instruction statute, s. 1003.42(2)(f), F.S.
  • The history of the United States, including the period of discovery, early colonies, the War for Independence, the Civil War, the expansion of the United States to its present boundaries, the world wars, and the civil rights movement to the present. American history shall be viewed as factual, not as constructed, shall be viewed as knowable, teachable, and testable, and shall be defined as the creation of a new nation based largely on the universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.
• The following is in the required instruction statute, s. 1003.42(2)(h), F.S.
  • The history of African Americans, including:
    • the history of African peoples before the political conflicts that led to the development of slavery;
    • the passage to America;
    • the enslavement experience;
    • abolition; and
    • the history and contributions of Americans of the African diaspora to society.

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