Entry Three: "The Rosa Parks Myth" and "How Do We Teach Slavery"

Teaching children accurately correct historical information has become a hot topic over the past few years. Teachers are becoming more aware of the importance to teach the truth, rather than the scripted narrative that has been provided and taught for years. This change has come because people are more culturally aware of how important it is to recognize and acknowledge everyone's TRUE diversity and TRUE history.

When analyzing the information of what I thought to be the truth regarding Rosa Parks and Abraham Lincon, I came to the realization that I too was taught based on the scripted narrative that carries with it many misconceptions, and it is hard for me to change my schema of the historical information that had since been engraved in my mind since my adolescent years. But, reading the article about Rosa Parks and listening to the podcast "How Do We Teach Slavery" has helped me understand that accurately representing the information to our students is critical.

It is important for our students to know the truth and how things actually happened. We have been taught so many fabricated truths that it is hard to rearrange the information and discard any or all misconceptions, in order to make room for the essential truth.