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See generally Kent
Greenawalt, Teaching About Religion
in the Public Schools, 18 J.L. &
Pol. 329 (2003); Jay D. Wexler, Preparing for the Clothed Public Square: Teaching About Religion, Civic
Education, and the Constitution, 43
Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1159 (2002).
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:49
PM
Subject: Religious history school
projects
On another list, folk were bitching about
reported attempts to "indoctrinate students in Islam". Another contributor
wrote about a fourth-grade class which had an assignment to "make a model of a
babylonian ziggurat...accurate down to the the altar and accutrements
used to worship the Babylonian gods...including human sacrifice, etc... The
teacher failed him on the project when he refused to do it because the
material "scared him." When the mother asked if the child could be
allowed to do some other project, the teacher refused, and assigned the child
a zero."
This is, of course, "anecdotal". However, it drew
yet another post noting that "In California the 4th graders have to do a
California Missions project, and often they go on a field trip to see a
Mission. I have never heard of anyone of refusing to build a Mission
project on religious grounds. Since the Missions, like the Ziggurats,
are part of the history curriculum, it would be an interesting question." I
agree that it would, and herewith ask opinions of the list on whether the
"Mission" unit raises First Amendment issues. (And yes, I have permission to
cite it here.)
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