Actual short answer response from a 7th grade white male...
Test question: “What is missing from the usual story we hear about colonists in the New World? Why do you think this is?”
John: "A lot of people leave out the slaves, African Americans, and women. I think they did this because they wanted to make the white men look like they did everything. I also think that the women, slaves and African Americans were not or did not have as big of a role in the community. The women did the housework; the slaves did the yard work. That does not seem as important as establishing a colony or finding gold and silver."
