Explicitly, no, they don't. But then, just about every "controversy" in the lesson is a Chapter in Wells' book, isn't it? A duck by any other name is still a duck. It quacks like a duck, it looks like a duck, it must be a duck.
Of course, I ask again, did you actually read the lesson plan, or did you let someone else do the interpretation for you?
You must have a Master's Degree in Reading Between the Lines and possibly a Minor in Seeing Things That are Not Really There...or I could be wrong.
This thread is about an article - I am responding to that. If this thread was about a lesson plan, then I would respond to it. I have not studied the fine art of Reading Between the Lines so I do not see things that are not there.