[Gaffer]

It was 10th grade BTW per DmanA.

I am not about to be as forgiving as you are on this. I find the premise, content and explanation of this assignment by this ‘teacher’ despicable and indefensible.

We can just leave it at that. I’m expecting her to be fired at the minimum, but my expectations won’t be realized. The organizational structure under which she is operating has apparently fallen way too short in my opinion, because she felt it appropriate to assign such a task in the first place.

[jjotto]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/albany-jews-evil-nazis-teacher-high-school.html

...The weird part, though, is that the assignment calls on the students, in making their cases, to draw upon a packet of Nazi propaganda, “what you’ve learned in history class,” and “any experiences you have.” With ... Jews being evil?...

[DManA]

Let me open another dimension. This is a government school. One size fits everyone. I can conceive of a very bright 10th grader handling an assignment like this (assuming the most benign interpretation of her intentions). But not most. And for a few outliers it may be the spark that sets them off into God know what directions.

But that’s the tragedy of a government school system: everything that goes on in there is everyone’s business, and everything has to be geared for the dumbest kid in class.

[DManA]

Here’s a reference that says 10th grade:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/nyregion/albany-teacher-gives-pro-nazi-writing-assignment.html?_r=0