My child is new to gifted. He goes to gifted class each day with a group of first and second graders for an hour. They are spending the year studying Roman history. The teacher tells them a story. They spend the next several days writing it from memory. My concern is that the stories are very graphic. He has an excellent memory and tells me the stories each time. He talks about Hannibal slaughtering the Romans. The slaughter was so great that the dead people fell on top of the living people and smothered them to death. The blood ran for three mile. Lots of heads got chopped off today. Etc. The district lets the teacher choose the curriculum. The teacher says he feels writing stories from memory is an important skill. The entire year has been spent on Roman history. I envisioned a variety of topics. Is this normal? I worry that this is too graphic for 6 and 7 year olds. Advice?
