Students are asked to make an Instagram post in the district's required ethnic studies course.
by KRISTINA WATROBSKI | Crisis in the ClassroomStudents in Mountain View-Los Altos's ethnic studies course are asked to draft an Instagram post in support of a social movement. A California school district is requiring students to draft social media posts in support of social movements, sparking outrage with a parents' rights group.obtained by advocacy group Parents Defending Education and shared exclusively with Crisis in the Classroom .
Students are also able to discuss an alternative movement with their teacher. It is not immediately clear how teachers decide whether to approve such an option."Think about how you want to tell this story," the assignment reads, according to the documents obtained by PDE. "You must have 10 slides: 1 for a title page, 1 for sources at the end and divide your remaining 8 between history, current events, and call to action.
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