Monday, December 2, 2013

Rumor Check: A ‘Messianic’ Obama Depicted in Book for Grade Schoolers?



You may have caught a glimpse of this eye-opening cover artwork for yet another President Obama-related book directed toward elementary schoolers:
Rumor Check: Is a Messianic Obama Depicted in Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope Book for Grade Schoolers?
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
The scuttlebutt is that the poetry-based mini-biography “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope” paints the president with a “messianic” brush and is reportedly a Common Core fave.
Gateway Pundit noted “Common Core kid’s book teaches 3rd graders that Barack Obama is honest, kind, fair and godlike.” It went on to quote EAG News:
… a new lesson that casts America’s 44th president in a messianic light. Literally.
And – surprise – it’s Common Core-aligned.
EAG called attention to a teacher’s guide for “Son of Promise” which is titled “Barack Obama Lesson Plan and Prezi,” authored by Sherece Bennett, and is for sale at TeachersPayTeachers.com.
TheBlaze picked up a copy of “Son of Promise.” Here’s what we found out:

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