{"id":2765,"date":"2017-06-05T11:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2017-06-05T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:12:14","slug":"and-the-next-county-on-the-terrible-textbook-tour-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"And the next county on the terrible textbook tour is …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lee<\/a>I’ve already pointed out that Collier County is the main hotbed of textbook unrest in Florida. That’s the home of Florida Citizens’ Alliance, the group that authored and supported the passage through our state legislature of the instructional materials bill that is much loved by creationists and climate change deniers. The Alliance has been protesting about what’s in various textbooks to their school board for quite a while now and they’ve even resorted to filing a lawsuit. But we need to keep in mind that the Alliance has friends in other counties.<\/p>\n

The next target could be Lee County in southwest Florida. Someone there has compiled a laundry list of complaints against three social studies textbooks. You can see the complaint documents here<\/a>. Of special interest to us here at Florida Citizens for Science are these two points:<\/p>\n

First is\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153HMH Social Studies: Civics In Practice Integrated: Civics, Econ, & Geography Florida: Student Edition 2018\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The Geography Handbook contains maps with instructions for interpretation. Two maps in particular call into question bias and slant. Pg 441 includes maps of the west coast of Florida that Project the Impact of Global Warming on Charlotte Harbor. “Maps can be used to predict future conditions. This pair of maps shows how predicted sea-level rise due to global warming might affect the Charlotte Harbor area on Florida’s Gulf coast.” This takes the perspective that global warming is a known fact, introduces it as fact and an accurate prediction and does not allow for discussion regarding the possibility or denial of global warming. BUT the bullet uses “predicted” and “might” in the same sentence. The Skills box asks questions of the students about elimination of landforms, increase of vegetation and changes in wildlife, fisheries and economies as if global warming is an indisputable fact. FACT: Global warming is argued for and against on many levels by some of the best scientific minds and still there is no conclusive evidence that warrants instruction in the classroom where ‘predicted” is considered the correct approach. http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/425232\/climate-change-no-its-not-97-percent-consensus-ian-tuttle<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next, we have\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153HMH Social Studies American History: Reconstruction To The Present Student Edition\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ~ 2018<\/p>\n

Page 966-967 A Global Concern: States without any scientific fact or resource that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153extreme weather events are occurring more often\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the greenhouse effect has led to global warming and climate change.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d They conclude that fossil fuels in the atmosphere have caused this. This is purely political diatribe used to gain power and money. Read the book, Global Warming every 1500 Years by S. Fred Singer, or go to http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/9767\/9-things-you-need-know-about-climate-change-hoax-aaronbandler#<\/a> or http:\/\/www.lordmoncktonfoundation.com\/<\/a> for scientific links and political problems pursuant to the global warming \u00e2\u20ac\u0153crisis\u00e2\u20ac\u009d promoted by supporters of this debunked theory.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I invite you to check out the links given in these complaints, review them and report back on their claims so as to help the folks in Lee County who might need to fight back against this nonsense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve already pointed out that Collier County is the main hotbed of textbook unrest in Florida. 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