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Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
In 1996, a small group of Roman Catholic parents in a suburban New York district filed suit, claiming that a new program was promoting Satanism, occultism, and New Age spirituality. Activities included a Ganesha story, worry dolls, stories on Buddha and Quetzalcoatl, poetry writing, psychic phenomena, and a cemetery visit. To be continued. (MLH)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities