🚨 Tecumseh Local School District
Your attorneys defended taking public school JROTC students to Kentucky’s Ark Encounter by claiming it was part of a lesson about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 👀
SO WE WENT AND FOUND THE CURRICULUM.
Chapter 2, Lesson 1: An Overview of the Middle East.
👉It’s about geography, deserts, climate, oil, natural gas, and economics. There’s a brief mention of the three religions.
Know what’s NOT in that lesson?
NOAH’S ARK.
No comparison of flood narratives. Nothing about young-Earth creationism.
And according to your own attorneys, there wasn’t even a guided tour or instruction during the trip.
SO WHERE EXACTLY DID THIS COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION HAPPEN?
You took public school students to an evangelical Christian attraction, proudly called it a field trip on your district Facebook page, and now you’re pointing to a geography lesson to justify it?
COME ON. WE’RE PARENTS, NOT IDIOTS.
Superintendent Paula Crew, show us the actual lesson plans, assignments, and educational objectives. We’ve reviewed the publicly available AFJROTC curriculum. If your district used something different, produce it.
YOU CITED THE CURRICULUM. WE READ IT. NOW SHOW YOUR WORK.
📚 Sources in the comments.
What people are saying:
- Secular Education Association: 📚SOURCES
1. The actual Air Force JROTC textbook (2022 edition)
Chapter 2, Lesson 1: An Overview of the Middle East. This is the lesson corresponding to the one Tecumseh’s attorneys cited.
https://afjrotc.c2ti.com/AF_AS220/book_index.html
2. AFJROTC curriculum guide
Documents the AS220 curriculum and its separate instructor materials, including lesson plans.
Click to access e23c5b70031b6af392e5f7f419570cfe5cb72ae2.pdf
3. AFJROTC Cultural Awareness student study guide
Another publicly available curriculum resource covering Middle Eastern religions.
Click to access 8-StudyGuideCulturalAwareness.doc.pdf
4. Tecumseh High School’s own AFJROTC program
The district’s official page for the program involved in the Ark Encounter trip.
https://tecumseh.k12.oh.us/ths-afjrotc
The question remains: Where are the actual lesson plans connecting a public school geography lesson to an evangelical creationist attraction?
We’ve located the publicly available curriculum. Now we’d like Tecumseh to show us exactly what its students were taught. 💁♀️
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