evidence: Middle school students in Mayade Ersoff’s Miami-Dade social studies class learn about the history of slavery in America through art. [...] But despite her students’ eagerness to learn, Ersoff will soon be forced to tailor her lesson plans to Florida’s new education standards, which require middle school students to learn "how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit." [...] "These standards are atrocious," Ersoff said. "There are no benefits (to slavery). There are no benefits to being grabbed from your home, shackled on boats, being lynched, being beaten. Not allowed to read and write. And treated like a piece of property."