{"id":24601,"date":"2014-12-20T11:13:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T16:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24601"},"modified":"2014-12-20T11:13:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T16:13:47","slug":"teaching-islam-under-the-guise-of-common-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24601","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Islam Under The Guise Of Common Core"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Todd Starnes at Fox News<\/a> posted an article about a Common Core vocabulary assignment given in English class in Farmville, North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article details the assignment:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the following exercises, you will have the opportunity to expand your vocabulary by reading about Muhammad<\/a> and the Islamic word,\u201d the worksheet read.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lesson used words like astute, conducive, erratic, mosque, pastoral, and zenith in sentences about the Islamic faith<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe zenith of any Muslim<\/a>\u2019s life is a trip to Mecca<\/a>,\u201d one sentence read. For \u201cerratic,\u201d the lesson included this statement: \u201cThe responses to Muhammad\u2019s teachings were at first erratic. Some people responded favorably, while other resisted his claim that \u2018there is no God but Allah and Muhammad his Prophet.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another section required students to complete a sentence:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are such vast numbers of people who are anxious to spread the Muslim faith that it would be impossible to give a(n)___ amount.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The writer of the article at Fox<\/a> asked the school district to provide me with a copy of vocabulary worksheets that promoted the Jewish, Hindu and Christian faiths. The school district did not reply.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

The student I spoke with told me they have not had any other assignments dealing with religion \u2013 other than the one about Islam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is that not surprising?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on its official statement, Pitt County Schools<\/a> seems confident that the vocabulary lessons are in compliance with three Common Core standards related to literary. If you want to look up those standards, reference CCSSELA-Literary L11-12.4.A, 12.4.D and 12.6.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the Common Core folks seem to be infatuated with sentence completion \u2013 let me try one out on them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use \u201cIslamic\u201d and \u201cproselytizing\u201d in the following sentence: Somebody got their ____ hand caught in the ____ cookie jar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where are the protests from the ‘Freedom From Religion’ people?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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