A Missouri elementary school teacher has been placed on administrative leave for giving students an assignment that asked them to 'set your price for a slave.'
The assignment, a copy of which was provided to NBC News by the Mehlville School District, instructs students to set a price for a number of items such as grain, fruit, fish, a container of oil and a cow. The last question asks the children to pick a price for a slave.
Blades Elementary School principal Jeremy Booker said the educator, who has not been identified, was attempting to teach students about"market practices" and the class was"learning about having goods, needing goods and obtaining goods and how that influenced early settlement in America." "The assignment was culturally insensitive," he said, adding that the teacher"has expressed significant remorse."
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