How not to teach third graders about “Africa” in 2018

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Ken Ochieng' Opalo

This is from “Anne of Green Mountains” on twitter:

Friends, let’s talk about this for a moment: This study guide on Africa was given to the 3rd-grade daughter of a friend of mine from high school. I asked my friend's permission to share it on Twitter. Where to begin…WHERE TO BEGIN? pic.twitter.com/gCA5G19e4T

— Anne of Green Mountains (@amcollier) January 25, 2018

The teaching of “Africa” in this third grade class gets weirder if you compare it to how the same school teaches Europe:

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