School textbook defines ‘hippies’ as followers of rock stars who may have worshipped Satan

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69. Hi Bake, it's a good question.

The Mother Jones article from earlier this year posted some possible culprits. The "Hippies worship Satan" snippet wasn't sourced at the original AmericaBlog entry about it, from what I can tell.

But here are some "history" book titles from known conservative textbook publishers:

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/07/photos-evangelical-curricula-louisiana-tax-dollars

America: Land That I Love, Teacher ed., A Beka Book, 1994

Old World History and Geography in Christian Perspective, 3rd ed., A Beka Book, 2004

United States History for Christian Schools, 2nd ed., Bob Jones University Press, 1991

United States History: Heritage of Freedom, 2nd ed., A Beka Book, 1996

American Government in Christian Perspective, 2nd ed., A Beka Book, 1997

You get the gist.

edit: I was wrong. AmericaBlog sourced the book. It's from America: Land That I Love, Teacher ed., A Beka Book, 1994

http://americablog.com/2013/03/voucher-school-us-history-book-hippies-didnt-bathe-worshipped-satan.html

"Now for the hippies

This comes from a book called “America: Land I Love.” It’s an eighth-grade history book that’s used in Louisiana voucher schools (the Mother Jones link above confirms that this book is being used). And it has a section on “The Hippies.” Here’s what Louisiana is teaching its school kids about the hippies:"