Anything to get the students “thinking” - THEIR way, that is.
More support for the assignment that I would have expected, critical thinking and all. The assignment recommended three sources for web research. About.com, History.com and Bible Believers, a Cristian Identity Holocaust Denial site in Australia. While I'd question if the first two are the best sited to reference, the latter Bible Believers site isn't one High School students should be directed to any more than Stormfront, Vanguard News Newwork, of La Voz de Aztlan. IMO directing students to hate sites is worse than the assignment.
Interestingly, Rialto is the home of the American Nazi Party. An Aryan Nations offshoot of the same name I believe, not the original ANP which is from Virginia. Interestingly the town made the news a few years ago when a open neonazi ran for the school board. Got less than 10% of the vote, a black woman and Hispanic man won the spots. As you'll note from the link (appears to be Rialto police), last year the superintendent of schools (black) was receiving death threats, and racial tensions have been high. Town appears to be about 14% black, 77% Hispanic, 5% white.