If You're Radicalized and You Know It, Clap Your Hands

British schools are trying either to inspire a new generation of Tom Clancys or to awaken the terrorism hobbyist that lies in the heart of every child.

(Via Hot Air)

Teaching packs entitled 9/11: The Main Chance, which invite pupils to imagine organising a terrorist attack, have been distributed to schools running the Government’s much-vaunted citizenship classes.

One worksheet asks the pupils to imagine what terrorist targets there are in their neighbourhoods. They have then to suggest what weapons and methods should be used to ensure the most effective results.

At the end of the worksheets, which are funded through the Government’s neighbourhood renewal programmes, a number of links to other terrorism-related articles are listed including one on food terrorism and how fast-food chains, for example, could be attacked.

For extra kicks, the materials inspire pupils to embrace their inner-conspiracy theorist.

A series of links to websites on the September 11 atrocity, in which 2,986 people were killed when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked and crashed four planes, are also listed on the worksheets.

Many of the sites propound outlandish conspiracy theories on the atrocity including the suggestion that the American military shot down flight United 93.

Another link takes pupils to a website which suggests that Dick Cheney, the US Vice-President, directed the attacks, while another “news” website the worksheets encourage pupils to visit includes references to images of Satan appearing in smoke over the Twin Towers on September 11.

Citizenship classes are mandatory for British high school students.  According to Tim Window, creator of the terrorism activity set, "Citizenship is an important subject. Using the pack we are not preaching to them about what to think about these subjects but bringing impartial and unbiased information to them."