I've always found this very distressing...the idea that presenting the facts
will somehow say that you condone them.  I worked for the KY Derby Museum,
and we had similar problems.   Now, conversely, I work for an organization
that interprets the heritage of a German Protestant group, and we must be
equally as cautious when presenting the religious history of the group to
public school.
Is the teacher adamant?  Could you come to a compromise?  What about
slavery? Is that in your presentation, and does the teacher have issues with
that (it would be very interesting, I think, if slavery was okay to discuss
but tobacco wasn't).
Candace Perry
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center

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