A Literary Study of the Book of Genesis by Wilma J. Brown-Foreman, ED. S
18. Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT? A. Not only may public schools teach about religious holidays, but they may engage in religious holidays as religious events and promote such observance. B. In keeping the 1st Amendment’s mandate of governmental neutrality toward religion, any study of religion in a public school must be educational, not devotional. C. Teaching about the Bible academically in public education may occur in literature, history, or any other required or elective course. D. The lower courts have ruled that the constitutionality of Bible elective courses in public schools’ classes is highly dependent on how one teaches the class. E. All the above are correct. 19. Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT? A. A superintendent or school board should select teachers for a class involving Biblical studies in the same way as all other teachers. B. School districts should assign the responsibility of hiring teachers of Bible electives to an outside committee that selects teachers based upon their religious beliefs or perspectives. C. Hiring of teachers of academic Bible classes in public education should be based upon their academic qualifications, rather than religious beliefs or non-beliefs. D. Disqualification of teachers should not rest upon the fact that they have received training in religious institutions such as Bible colleges or seminaries. E. All the above are correct. 20. Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT? A. Outside sources cannot fund religious courses on public school campuses. B. Decisions concerning instructional materials, including which translation of the Bible to use, should remain under the control of the local board of education. C. The Hebrew Bible is permissible as a primary text in Bible electives public school curriculum. D. Legal guidelines suggest more than one biblical text for public school Bible elective courses. E. All the above are correct. 21. Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT? A. Funding for an elective course in religion cannot come from the state. B. Instructional materials and lessons that are of a devotional nature, such as those used in a Sunday school, are constitutionally inappropriate for Bible elective courses in public education. C. In public education, local school boards should adopt policies on the role of studies about religion in the schools’ curriculum. D. A school district’s policy for teaching Bible elective courses should reflect constitutional principles and current law. E. All the above are correct.
Academic Initiatives for Biblical Literacy in Secondary Education
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