History Society: History and Way Teaching

history society: A precocious girl in the first grade raised her hand, according to Huffington Post Canada. She said to me, 'That's the month we have to feel bad about black people because they were slaves,' recalled Nikki Clarke, with the patience befitting a former teacher. Chris Wattie/Reuters Standing in front of an auditorium of mostly white faces, the president of the Ontario Black History Society asked a group of elementary students what they knew of Black History Month. If that's the way we're teaching black history, we're doing something wrong. But what about Canada Mathieu Da Costa, a renowned translator hired by Samuel de Champlain, was the first recorded black person in the country. Ask most Canadians about black history and they'll tell you about slavery in America, victories of the Civil Rights Movement and the giants who led it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.