The curriculum includes sections about the harsh conditions slaves faced on various types of plantations, including poor nutrition and cruel labor. Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz said this particular curriculum is actually an expansion on earlier work. African American history has been a requirement in Florida's K through 12 curriculum since 1994.
Florida’s new social studies curriculum, approved by the state’s board of education, has been engulfed in controversy. Democrat critics including Vice President Kamala Harris are speaking out against the curriculum – and the Congressional Black Caucus is now pushing the White House and DOJ to investigate. Conservatives, meanwhile, are accusing the Vice President of lying and are standing by the curriculum. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.