Could it begin with a simple textbook? Why be alarmed?
RAISING REVOLUTIONARIES.
In the 1990s we had a push for education reform under the guise of Goals 2000. Within that push was a total restructuring of education as we know it. I was running for the Chairmanship of the Dothan, Alabama School Board. I asked to see the bylaws of the Board. Apparently that was unexpected but access was reluctantly given. The thing that jumped out most at me that has great influence on what is happening today was the statement THEN that: All Learning will be SEQUENTIAL.
Little did I know that when David Hornbeck was paid to rewrite the Bylaws to fit Goals 2000 and make all learning THEMATIC that change would wind up with Critical Race Theory. Sequential learning is line upon line, skill upon skill. Phonics builds words. Words build sentences. Sentences build paragraphs. Drill and Repetition reinforce both Reading and Math.
Sequential Learning was replaced by THEMATIC learning (for example: "oppression of the masses" in Critical Race Theory). Phonics and Direct Instruction was replaced by whole word memorization and inferential learning. Break down the whole to the part. Drill and Repetition was then called Drill and Kill. All of this became a part of every subject (a.k.a."Integrated Learning" -in Science, Language, Art, History, etc).
EQUITY AND OUTCOMES BASED are now interchangeable. It is not equality of education; it is equity of outcome.
Recently a new AP World History Textbook was put up for adoption here in Dothan, Alabama. We were not allowed to have access to a physical textbook, but were referred to an online "sampler." This is what I saw in that sampler.
It is important that people realize that Critical Race Theory does not come with a label. It is insidious in its inclusion and the impact on the child's mind and understanding of the world around him/her shifts.
The question here is does the AP World History textbook, Advanced Placement World History – modern 1200 – present published by Perfection Learning push the Woke political agenda rather than teach factual world history and why should we be alarmed?
“Wokeism is fast becoming the new state religion.
Should it overtake our government, in making identity politics paramount, it will unmake any semblance of a unifying American identity.
In so doing, it will serve as the ultimate tool of cynical, radically leftist power-grabbers, who will be dividing and conquering under the guise of a fraudulent virtue, justice and morality.” (Newsweek, June 21, 2020. Ben Weingarten, America is Fast Becoming a Woke Theocracy, FELLOW, CLAREMONT INSTITUTE
Does this AP textbook promote the Woke Agenda and Critical Race Theory?
1. Patriarchy One of the most negative aspects of the patriarchal norms of masculinity is the tendency for men to constantly be in competition with each other . Almost every aspect of many men's lives is shrouded by the need to see themselves as better than other men, or other people in general.
2. Critical Race Theory/WhitePrivilege an academic concept that is more than 40 years old.
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3. Woke agenda is anti-Israeli independence.
4. Anti Second Amendment–Woke agenda is anti-gun
The core idea of Critical Race Theory is that racism is a social construct, and that it is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies. White skin benefits white people in some societies.
5. Woke Agenda is anti-capitalist, pro Socialism/Communist
1. Evidence of promotion of the concept of the Patriarchy Woke definition of patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage.
Prologue xli 2. Evidence of Critical Race Theory and white privilege in AP World History by Perfection Learning:
p. 494
“granted self-determination only to white countries in Eastern Europe” What was the purpose of calling those countries “white”? Could it possibly have been be the traditions of literacy and the appreciation and understanding of democratic principles in those countries rather than race that influenced that decision?
Critical Race Theory is a lens through which to view how race has operated in society. It puts people in boxes and divides.
3. Woke agenda is anti-Israeli independence.
From the material available through the textbook online limited inclusion, nothing about the history of the persecution of Jews throughout history was included.
4. Guns are evil.
What is a right-wing government? In the section about Political Revolutions in Russia and Mexico do they mention the mass murders of Stalin? The drug cartels now operating in Mexico? We do not know because we did not have access to an authentic textbook.
5. Anti Capitalist/pro Socialist/Communist
The following speech by Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the Indo-Chinese Communist Party demonstrates pro-communist slant of the textbook. The purpose is to undermine the student’s understanding of socialism and capitalism and to further class war. The negative is emphasized but no mention of the benefits of industrialization or capitalism.
p. 500 "Oppressed colonial people" "exploited working class"
After looking at the online example of the textbook with limited inclusions from the book, the bias of the book is evident. It reflects Karl Marx interpretation of history. Conflict results from economic and social differentiation.
This interpretation asserts that white world leaders have been “oppressors” and capitalism has exploited the working class. The book also promotes The Great Reset meaning World Government through the United Nations. And, of course, the Green Revolution.
In order to undermine nationalism, believed by those of the Woke agenda to be the cause of World Wars, the United Nations and Global Governance is promoted as the answer.
This textbook hits all of the alarm bells. It advances an explicit anti-capitalist political message that’s rooted in a fundamental misreading of world history. These concepts are integrated into all curriculum though most obviously in the history textbooks. Under the guise of diversity training, Critical Race Theory is promoted through the Leftist hives of political indoctrination called Colleges of Education. 
https://www.al.com/educationlab/. June 29, 2021
Apparently the Alabama Education Lab, home for writers on Education for AL.com, are products of this political processing. The focus is no longer on Reading, Writing and Arithmetic but on what is now labeled Social and Emotional Learning. Attitudes and Beliefs have become the agenda of the educrats determining what our children are exposed to in the classroom. (Obviously! Alabama now ranks 52 among 50 states, Washington, D. C. and Puerto Rico) on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). (2021)
Our children are being primed for THE GREAT RESET.
Google search on THE GREAT RESET.
You can see it in the contents of this textbook.
Fortunately parents are fighting back. Unfortunately, many parents believe the claims that critical race theory is not being taught in our schools.
And then where does this take us? "Emerging epidemics"? Notice above under topic 9:2
- The Great Reset is a new initiative from the World Economic Forum and HRH the Prince of Wales to guide decision-makers on the path to a more resilient, sustainable world beyond coronavirus.
- The economic fallout from COVID-19 dominates risk perceptions, but there is a unique opportunity to reshape the global economy.
- Greenpeace International’s Jennifer Morgan, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath and ITUC head Sharan Burrow discuss how they perceive a reset.
There won’t be many among the 7.7 billion people on Earth who haven’t been affected in some way by COVID-19.
From sickness and the death of loved ones to work shortages and school closures, the pandemic’s ramifications have touched every part of society – and thrown inequalities into sharp relief.
As lockdowns are starting to ease, governments and organizations across the globe are turning their attention to the recovery process – and the opportunity it provides to rebuild in a different way. One that makes the world better for everyone and addresses the other great crisis of our time: climate change.
The Forum’s Mobility Platform, in collaboration with the Commons Project Foundation, has launched the Common Trust Network – a project aiming to help roll out a “digital passport” that shows whether a person has been tested or vaccinated in compliance with prevailing border-crossing regulations as defined by governments, to help open up international travel.
Along with public and private stakeholders, the Network will empower individuals by providing digital access to their health information, make it easier for people to understand and comply with each destination’s requirements, and ensure that only verifiable lab results and vaccination records from trusted sources are presented for the purposes of cross-border travel and commerce.
Online sampler: https://sampler.perfectionlearning.com/ap-world- history-modern-sampler/index.html - p=FC
"Opponents of CRT, most notably the Alabama Eagle Forum and Alabama Policy Institute, two conservative groups, say critical race theory will “impute fault, blame, a tendency to oppress others or guilt to persons solely because of their race or sex violate the premises of individual rights, equal opportunity, and individual merit,” according to a draft of a proposed resolution the organizations circulated earlier this month."
After reading these excerpts from the online "sampler" of the AP Textbook discussed above, what do you think?
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