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In 1959 President Eisenhowerasked congress for $1 billion forthe Department of HealthEducation &Welfare newAmerican Education Fund for thepromotion and publication of thenew science of Evolution.$10,500,000 was given to theNational Science Foundation(NSF) for the new 9part themecurriculum, teaching evolution.The NSF provided the BiologicalSciences Curriculum Study (BSCS)with the funds to provide thetextbooks to public schools. TheChanging Classroom: The Role OfThe Biological SciencesCurriculum Study,Arnold B.Grobman, Doubleday &Co., NY1969, pp 204, 26, 170, 200, 172;Scientists In The Classroom, pp107, 109; Cornerstone Ministry800-633-4369, lanekit@aol.com,Mr.Norris Anderson; CSSFreySci@aol.com.Wisconsin Administrative Code361 Rule The criteria for selectionof textbooks…shall be: Factualaccuracy.Indoctrination in Evolution:Before and After Federal FundingThose who believe in the theory of evolution often complainthat public school science textbooks do not present enough informationontheirtheory.Theysaythatstudents’sciencetestscoresarefallingbecauseofthislackofteachingevolution.Ibelieve that the opposite is true. Evolution has nothing to dowith science and is anti-science. Students should spend timelearningrealscience,notreligiousworldviewslikeevolution.Evolutionary theory appears in nearly all subjects and grades inoneformoranother.Why?Ibelieveonemajor reason is fear:Whenthe Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, some Americans panickedatthethoughtoflosingthespacerace.Afewdedicatedhumanistsdecided that America was behind because it was not teachingevolution as much as the Soviets were. The federal governmentbegan involvement in producing public school textbooks in the late1950s (a clear violation of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution).This chart shows the numberof words devoted to evolutionin science textbooks during thelast 40 years. The decline inthe number of words after1963 was because there wasless content in general. Thepercentage of text devoted toevolution remained about thesame.“Fundamentalist parentshave no right to indoctrinatetheir children in their beliefs.We are preparing theirchildren for the year 2,000and life in aglobal one-worldsociety and those children willnot fit in.”—Senator Paul Hoagland,Nebraska, said to EveretteSiliven’s attorney,1984The charts on the following pages, showing the moral declineinAmerica,revealanothersidetothestory.ContactMelGablerat903-753-5993 for more information on what is happening totextbooksinAmerica.CallDr.KentHovindformoreinformationon Creation, evolution, and dinosaurs. Be sure to see the entireseminarseriesonvideotape.Sources:c.1948Rand,DynamicBiologyToday c.1973Houghton,BSCSBluec.1959Harcourt,ExploringBiology,5th c.1980Harcourt,BSCSYellowc. 1960 Holt, Modern Biology c. 1978 Rand, Dynamic Biology Todayc.1961TrialVer.BSCSGreenc.1980Heath,BSCSBluec.1961TrialVer.BSCSBlue47Creation Science Evangelism •29 Cummings Road •Pensacola, Florida 32503