{"id":2261144,"date":"2024-06-06T08:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-teachers-group-offers-kindergarten-curriculum-teaching-anti-israel-hate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T08:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:49:42","slug":"portland-teachers-group-offers-kindergarten-curriculum-teaching-anti-israel-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-teachers-group-offers-kindergarten-curriculum-teaching-anti-israel-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Teachers&#8217; Association Provides Kindergarten Curriculum on Anti-Israel Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fportland-teachers-group-offers-kindergarten-curriculum-teaching-anti-israel-hate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261144&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Portland Association of Teachers, part of a 4,500-member state \u2062teachers&#8217; union, has been accused\u200d of creating \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-teachers-union-sues-rhode-island-mother-who-asked-questions-about-curriculum\/\" title=\"Major Teacher\u2019s Union Sues Rhode Island Mother Who Asked Questions about Curriculum\">kindergarten curriculum<\/a> that portrays Zionists as &#8220;bullies&#8221; and criticizes Israel\u2062 and the \u2062U.S. for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-4\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 4)\">settler colonialism<\/a>.&#8221; Journalist Christopher Rufo revealed this information, shedding light \u2062on the curriculum titled &#8220;Teach Palestine!&#8221; promoting controversial \u200cviewpoints to \u2062young\u2063 children.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Portland Association of Teachers, an affiliate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-wisconsin-dem-clinches-senate-nom\/\" title=\"Far-Left Wisconsin Dem Clinches Senate Nom\">state teachers\u2019 union<\/a> which has 4,500 members, reportedly created an anti-Israel and anti-America curriculum for children as young as kindergarteners that says Zionists are \u201cbullies\u201d and blames Israel and the United States for \u201csettler colonialism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journalist Christopher Rufo, the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattan.institute\/book\/americas-cultural-revolution-how-the-radical-left-conquered-everything\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America\u2019s Cultural Revolution<\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/in-portland-the-intifada-begins-in-kindergarten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published the information<\/a> and obtained the curriculum materials called \u201cTeach Palestine!\u201d Pre-kindergarten teachers are urged to use a workbook by the Palestinian Feminist Collective with a story of a fictional Palestinian boy named Handala who states, \u201cA group of bullies called Zionists wanted our land so they stole it by force and hurt many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cStudents are encouraged to come up with a slogan that they can chant at a protest and complete a maze so that Handala can \u2018get back home to Palestine\u2019\u2014represented as a map of Israel,\u201d Rufo notes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other leftist tropes are urged for the pre-kindergarteners, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/BFil0gN8Ql0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> stating, \u201cI feel safe when there are no police,\u201d and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokekindergarten.org\/teachpalestine\/visualhistoryinstazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slideshow<\/a> that salutes the First and Second Palestinian\u00a0Intifadas. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Institute_for_Counter-Terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Institute for Counter-Terrorism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civilian_casualties_in_the_Second_Intifada\">during<\/a> the Second Intifada from September 2000 to February 2005, 887 of the 1,137 Israelis murdered in the attacks were civilians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe recommended resource list also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokekindergarten.org\/teachpalestine\/so-you-made-it-to-a-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">includes<\/a> a \u2018sensory guide for kids\u2019 on attending protests. It teaches children what they might see, hear, taste, touch, and smell at protests, and promotes photographs of slogans such as \u2018Abolish Prisons\u2019 and \u2018From the River to the Sea,\u2019\u201d Rufo writes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once the children are in kindergarten through second grade, a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTGX9wjjqX4S2Au0c8gFe5ir18Ex6Tw73pcezd5VQxj5hph0MJVHeQh-VqtQ6PCPa1QtQg2Woxe0_ue\/pub\">lesson<\/a>, \u201cArt and Action for Palestine,\u201d is provided to teach the children to \u201cconnect histories of settler colonialism from Palestine to the United States\u201d and to \u201ccelebrate Palestinian culture and resistance throughout history and in the present, with a focus on Palestinian children\u2019s resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c75 years ago, a lot of decision makers around the world decided to take away Palestinian land to make a country called Israel. Israel would be a country where rules were mostly fair for Jewish people with White skin,\u201d the lesson reads. \u201cThere\u2019s a BIG word for when Indigenous land gets taken away to make a country, that\u2019s called settler colonialism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the \u201csuggested materials\u201d are \u201ckeffiyehs, flags, and protest signs.\u201d The curriculum also <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/user_files\/user_files\/000\/098\/772\/original\/All_Out_Palestine_Toolkit_3.0.pdf?fbclid=PAAaaGnQ7Ub7uar7rFqlTaVoBEH4SJ7X0yF-AZNoAjumR5BZW2DTVtVhlsTmY_aem_AbjMoHW4HB3HGHoSsk0D2LO9UewWamevwaDlwAtfE0NGXhxeLy1RXQdsvP7XKxsqtxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">includes<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horowitz-radicals-are-racist-criminals-driving-america-towards-the-abyss\/\" title=\"Horowitz: \u2018Radicals\u2019 Are Racist Criminals Driving America Towards The Abyss\">pamphlet called \u201c<\/a>All Out for Palestine,\u201d which states, \u201cSTOP THE GENOCIDE! END U.S. AID TO ISRAEL! FREE PALESTINE!\u201d The pamphlet refers to \u201cZionism\u2018s long genocidal war on Palestinian life,\u201d adding, \u201cEnd all US aid to Israel and nullify all joint US-Israeli agreements and collaboration in arms trade and policing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe pamphlet includes chants that teachers can adopt in the classroom,\u201d Rufo points out. \u201cSome imply support for militancy and political violence: \u2018Resistance is justified when people are occupied!\u2019; \u2018We salute all our martyrs! mothers, fathers, sons and daughters!\u2019; \u2018Justice is our demand! No peace on stolen land!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland Teachers&#8217; Association, with 4,500 members, allegedly developed a controversial curriculum for kindergarteners, labeling Zionists as &#8220;bullies&#8221; and condemning Israel and the U.S. for &#8220;settler colonialism.&#8221; Christopher Rufo, author of &#8220;America&#8217;s Cultural Revolution,&#8221; brought this to light<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2261145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1383120833.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1383120833.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}