Arizona School Resource Directed Teachers to Condemn Moms for Liberty, Turning Point USA in Class
Tyler O’Neil
• May 9, 2026
An Arizona school district found a Savvas lesson that urges teachers to direct students to the SPLC "hate map" to find "hate groups" to avoid.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's "Hate Map" for 2024 (website screenshot)
A curriculum audit for an Arizona school district last year identified a resource that urged teachers to direct students to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map” and avoid the websites of “hate groups” or their sympathizers.
Critics have faulted the SPLC for putting mainstream conservative and Christian groups, such as Moms for Liberty, Turning Point USA, PragerU, Focus on the Family, Alliance Defending Freedom, the Family Research Council, and others, on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Lake Havasu Unified School District told The Daily Signal that no teacher ever used the resource, which the district said had been created by Savvas Learning Company.
The Lesson Citing SPLC
The curriculum audit, prepared by J.C. Adams Consulting, cites Savvas’ high school materials for U.S. history, named “Creating Inclusive Classrooms.”
“Teachers are told to ‘Direct students to the websites of organizations that track and monitor hate groups, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center or the Anti-Defamation League and ensure that they avoid visiting the websites of these hate groups or their sympathizers,’” the audit notes. “Students are thus directed to organizations accused of far-left advocacy and who attack critics of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.”
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