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    The proposed changes to the North Carolina high school history curriculum would eliminate teaching about the founding of the United States and the Civil War. Instead, students would learn about the founding of labor unions and progressive and civil rights movements. There is concern this is being done without proper public notice or comment. Residents are being encouraged to contact their local school boards to voice their opinion before it's too late.

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    The proposed changes to the North Carolina high school history curriculum would eliminate teaching about the founding of the United States and the Civil War. Instead, students would learn about the founding of labor unions and progressive and civil rights movements. There is concern this is being done without proper public notice or comment. Residents are being encouraged to contact their local school boards to voice their opinion before it's too late.

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    Wake up

    CHALOTTE!!

    North Carolina High Schools May Stop Teaching about the


    Founding of our Country
    The State of North Carolina is proposing changes to the High School History curriculum,
    eliminating the period prior to 1877. High School students would not learn about the Founding
    or the Civil War. Vanessa Jeter, Communications Director for North Carolina Department of
    Public Instruction, posted the following link to the actual proposed changes
    (www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/phase2/). On several blogs, she was cited as
    downplaying the significance of the change.

    A quick review of the proposed changes reveals that while high school students may not learn
    about the Founding of our Country, they will learn about the founding of the labor unions, the
    Progressive movement and the goals of those seeking ’social justice’

    • Analyze the creation of labor unions in the 19th and 20th Centuries in terms of the factors that
    prompted their creation and the reactions to them by government and the business community.
    • Compare the rhetoric (demands) used by advocates of political and social movements over time
    and the impact of this rhetoric on changes in the rights of groups, individual, organizations and
    businesses, i.e. Populist and Progressive movements, Civil Rights movement, Feminist
    movement, ethnic minority movements, Fundamentalist movement, Modern Conservative
    movement, etc.
    • Explain the approaches and goals of groups seeking human rights and social justice.

    They’re trying to sneak this by us, hoping we won’t notice. Spread the word about this to
    everyone you know in North Carolina.

    The NCDPI website is not real clear about whether the public comment period is still open. Here
    is the email address to submit public comments: feedback@dpi.state.nc.us

    The NCDPI website says that Local Education Authorities have until February 15th to provide
    feedback on the proposed changes.

    Even if the deadline has expired, every North Carolinian who is concerned about this should contact their
    local School Board and voice their opinion, before it's too late.
    WILL YOU DO YOUR PART BY CONTACTING THE CMS
    BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TELLING THEM THE HISTORY
    OF OUR FOUNDING MATTERS?

    Current - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education


    Website - (www.cms.k12.nc.us/boe/Pages/default.aspx)
    Members

    Eric C. Davis Tom Tate Kaye Bernard McGarry, M.Ed.


    Email : ericc.davis@cms.k12.nc.us Email: tom.tate@cms.k12.nc.us Email: KayeMcGarry@cms.k12.nc.us
    Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Member At-Large
    District 5 District 4
    Trent Merchant "Coach" Joe I. White Jr. Rhonda Lennon
    Email: trent.merchant@cms.k12.nc.us Email: coachjoew@cms.k12.nc.us Email: rhonda.lennon@cms.k12.nc.us
    Member At-Large Member At-Large Member District 1
    Richard Allen McElrath, Sr. Joyce Davis Waddell, PhD Timothy S. Morgan, M.P.A.
    Email: richard.mcelrath@cms.k12.nc.us Email: joyce.waddell@cms.k12.nc.us Email: tim.morgan@cms.k12.nc.us
    Member District 2 Member District 3 Member District 6

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