‘Set Your Price For A Slave’: Teacher On Leave For Slave Trade Assignment Question

ST. LOUIS (CBS Local) — An elementary school teacher in Missouri was placed on administrative leave after asking students to set a price on slaves.
The question was part of an assignment given to fifth graders Blades Elementary School in St. Louis last week.
One of the 12 questions read as follows:
“You own a plantation or farm and therefore need more workers. You begin to get involved in the slave trade industry and have slaves work on your farm. Your product to trade is slaves.
Set