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Peer reviewedAyers, Samuel J.; Reid, Shelly – Social Studies, 2005
The mere mention of the terms religion and public education in the same sentence has both educators and parents gasping aloud. Moreover, although most state adopted sixth-grade textbooks contain a fair amount of content on the world's religions, but it is also true that many social studies teachers choose to omit that content. Black (2003, 4)…
Descriptors: Religion, Religion Studies, Public Education, Elementary Education
