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Article: Lesson plan for the nation; Let students read constitutional documents.(OPED)(SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 20, 2004
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Byline: Nat Hentoff, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
At the Stevens Creek public school in Cupertino, California, fifth-grade teacher Steve Williams, an evangelical Christian, has had his American history lesson plans - and supplementary original documents that led to the forming of the Constitution - rejected by the principal, lest he "proselytize" his students to become Christians. The documents mention God.
As a history teacher, Mr. Williams - like other teachers in the school district - gives his students curriculum-related handouts to supplement the district's fifth-grade history textbook, "A New Nation: Adventures in Time and Place." Among the handouts are ...