1. Clear your desk of everything but a pen/pencil

2. As you read the article, consider this question:
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Do you think it is wiser to protect the innocence of children by keeping certain facts/information from them, or wiser to inform children about all of the facts/information to better prepare them?
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3. Inform them of Everything
Do you think it is wiser to protect the innocence of children by keeping certain facts/information from them, or wiser to inform children about all of the facts/information to better prepare them?
Protect Innocence
Situation: they are a 3rd grade student in America, learning about Christopher Columbus
Inform them of Everything

4. Inform them of Everything
Do you think it is wiser to protect the innocence of children by keeping certain facts/information from them, or wiser to inform children about all of the facts/information to better prepare them?
Protect Innocence
Situation: they are a 5rd grade student in America, learning about Manifest Destiny
Inform them of Everything

5. Do you think it is wiser to protect the innocence of children by keeping certain facts/information from them, or wiser to inform children about all of the facts/information to better prepare them?
Protect Innocence
Situation: they are a 9 year-old Cherokee child in the 1830’s
Inform them of Everything

6. Do you think it is wiser to protect the innocence of children by keeping certain facts/information from them, or wiser to inform children about all of the facts/information to better prepare them?
Protect Innocence
Situation: they are 3rd grade student in America, doing an ALICE drill
Inform them of Everything

7. Do you think it is wiser to protect the innocence of children by keeping certain facts/information from them, or wiser to inform children about all of the facts/information to better prepare them?
Protect Innocence
Situation: they are a Nazi child in Germany in 1943
Inform them of Everything

8. Do you think it is wiser to protect the innocence of children by keeping certain facts/information from them, or wiser to inform children about all of the facts/information to better prepare them?
Protect Innocence
Situation: they are a Jewish child in Germany in 1943
Inform them of Everything

9. Journal Entry: What factors ultimately make the difference?
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