Prayer In Schools Research Paper
Prayer in schools; for a very long time, prayer in schools has been a very controversial issue. Prayer is known as a spiritual communion with God or an object of worship, as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession. This issue was actually first brought up in 1962 when a young girl was forced to participate in prayers at school. Since then, her case, with the help of American Atheists Organization, prayer has been banned from schools to the point where it could not be led my any member of the faculty. Our country has been revolved around religion, and even dates back to 1796, when George Washington said, that “It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible.” Our founding fathers believed completely that the
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School prayer was just a natural part of their school life. The first settlers in America felt that it was important that children learned to read, solely for the purpose of reading their bibles. In 1690, the New England Primer was introduced to the school system, because it taught spelling, reading, and the Alphabet using Bible verses. Next, Noah Webster introduced the Blue Book Speller which also used Bible verses to teach. This was very successful in the schools and taught both reading and good morals at the same time. Later, in 1836, the McGuffey Reader was introduced and produced some of the world’s brightest inventors and set the Industrial revolution in motion. This was how schools were run until the 1890’s when the States started to take control of the existing schools. By 1900 many new text books were starting to be used and they all had Bible quotes in them. As the 20th Century rolled around, many classrooms still started the day with the pledge of allegiance, a prayer, and a reading from the Bible. But still, quite a few churches turned their schools over to the State run educational system. At this time, America had one of the best school systems in the world. Things were going very well for the schools, until in 1925, when the ACLU, which stands for the American Civil Liberties Union, paid a teacher to start teaching Evolution. Biblical creation had been taught for many years, and teaching evolution was against the
School prayer was just a natural part of their school life. The first settlers in America felt that it was important that children learned to read, solely for the purpose of reading their bibles. In 1690, the New England Primer was introduced to the school system, because it taught spelling, reading, and the Alphabet using Bible verses. Next, Noah Webster introduced the Blue Book Speller which also used Bible verses to teach. This was very successful in the schools and taught both reading and good morals at the same time. Later, in 1836, the McGuffey Reader was introduced and produced some of the world’s brightest inventors and set the Industrial revolution in motion. This was how schools were run until the 1890’s when the States started to take control of the existing schools. By 1900 many new text books were starting to be used and they all had Bible quotes in them. As the 20th Century rolled around, many classrooms still started the day with the pledge of allegiance, a prayer, and a reading from the Bible. But still, quite a few churches turned their schools over to the State run educational system. At this time, America had one of the best school systems in the world. Things were going very well for the schools, until in 1925, when the ACLU, which stands for the American Civil Liberties Union, paid a teacher to start teaching Evolution. Biblical creation had been taught for many years, and teaching evolution was against the