Have you ever enjoyed the limbo with your kids or in your classroom?  It’s great fun and can be adapted to almost any age, grade or ability level.

If you’ve seen movies about Trinidad or Tobago or the other beautiful islands in the Caribbean you’ve probably watched a crowd of people trying to bend under the limbo pole.  Music is playing and everyone forms a line that circles around to dip under the stick and find out, “How low can you go?” 

Sadly, the history of the limbo is not a pleasant one. The limbo was brought to Caribbean islands with slaves from Africa.  The slaves were held separately – with men and women in different areas of the ship...

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