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Utah School Under Fire for Asking Students to Write ISIS Propaganda Poster
ABC News ^ | November 20, 2015 | ESTHER CASTILLEJO

Posted on 11/20/2015 3:17:08 PM PST by sparklite2

The teacher, who's been on the job for just a few months, gave the in-class assignment to students in her two World Civics classes at Salem Junior High School in Salem, Utah, on Wednesday. About 60 students received the assignment, which required them to create a "neat, colored, professional" poster for the terrorist group, to "help students better understand the goals of terrorist groups and the methods they use to gain support," the assignment read.

The possibility of having to search for ISIS recruiting material on the web at a time when officials are looking to detect potential threats was alarming, Langston said.

"She did this innocently, she's a naive young teacher," Hiskey said. "She wants to do the right thing."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: education; isis; islam; utah
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To: MeshugeMikey

Good deal thanks.


61 posted on 11/20/2015 7:36:15 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

sorry. sometimes i get carried away with the caps key.


62 posted on 11/20/2015 9:43:01 PM PST by SteveH
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To: Little Ray

It certainly would create an interesting situation—a threat, or simply completing the assignment.


63 posted on 11/21/2015 6:30:52 AM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: sparklite2

The “right thing” would be to immediately resign...and stop abusing children.


64 posted on 11/21/2015 2:35:13 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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