{"id":63523,"date":"2015-02-16T08:10:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=63523"},"modified":"2015-02-16T08:10:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T16:10:59","slug":"our-democratic-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=63523","title":{"rendered":"Our Democratic Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blog post<\/a>: Anybody with a 3rd grader out there better check out their new textbook from McGraw-Hill;<\/p>\n

Wondering whether elementary school students are truly indoctrinated in the left wing agenda? Well, wonder no more. They are; and it\u2019s worse \u2014 far worse \u2014 than you can possibly imagine.<\/p>\n

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Consider, if you will, McGraw-Hill\u2019s Our Democratic Heritage, a textbook designed for third-graders and published in 2010. If you\u2019d assume that it was intended to teach kids about America\u2019s founding and its institutions of government, you\u2019d assume wrong.<\/p>\n

The book is a veritable cornucopia of left wing spin.<\/p>\n

There is but one sentence devoted to the Bill of Rights. It reads, \u201cThese rights [of citizens] are listed in the part of the U.S. Constitution called the Bill of Rights\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Two pages cover the Declaration of Independence
\n\u2022 Two pages describe the Constitution, all of which are devoted to the three branches of government and separation of powers
\n\u2022 No pages are devoted to James Madison and the authors of the Constitution; there is no mention of federalism
\n\u2022 Six pages are spent describing the background of Paul Revere
\n\u2022 Ten pages are devoted to the history of democracy in ancient Greece.
\n\u2022 George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are mentioned only in passing, almost as if they are immaterial scenery on the road to diversity and social Utopia.<\/p>\n

In the section entitled \u201cAmerica\u2019s Freedom Fighters\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Eight pages are spent covering the life of Frederick Douglass
\n\u2022 Five pages on Susan B. Anthony
\n\u2022 Six pages on Mary McLeod Bethune,
\n\u2022 Zero pages are devoted to the life of Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n

In fact, the entire Civil War is described only as a backdrop to the lives of Frederick Douglas and Mary McLeod Bethune.<\/p>\n

In the section entitled \u201cThe Fight for Freedom Continues\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Seven pages are spent on praise for FDR (including 2 pages on Pearl Harbor)
\n\u2022 Six pages on Eleanor Roosevelt
\n\u2022 Six pages are devoted to Thurgood Marshall
\n\u2022 Six pages are spent on LBJ\u2019s life and the wondrous effects of \u201cGreat Society\u201d
\n\u2022 Six pages are spent on Cesar Chavez and the lionization of the labor movement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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