All public schools in Oklahoma are now required to incorporate the Bible and Ten Commandments into their curricula for grades 5-10, primarily for historical context.

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters issued a memo Thursday informing superintendents across the state their districts are required to incorporate the Bible into lessons.

Walters said in the memo that his directive aligns with educational standards approved in May 2019.

The superintendent told Fox News Digital there is a lack of understanding about the country’s history and the influence the Bible has had since the birth of the U.S., which he blames on the radical left.

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“We’ve seen the radical leftists drive God out of schools, drive the Bible out of schools, and we have to make sure that our kids have an understanding of what made America great,” said Walters.

“Not teaching our kids about the faith of our founders and the influence that the Bible had in our history is just academic malpractice.”

He explained that, under his directive, instructors in every classroom across the state would have a copy of the Bible to teach from.

The teachers, Walters said, will teach the Bible from a historical context, particularly in terms of its role in American history and the influence it had on the country’s founders.

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Public school teachers in Oklahoma will be required to teach from the Bible to help understand the historical context of the country’s beginnings. (iStock)

For example, when students learn about topics such as the Mayflower Compact, which predates the U.S., they will look at quotes from pilgrims referencing the Bible.

Leaders during the Civil Rights Movement also made references to the Bible.

Walters said when Martin Luther King Jr. was in a Birmingham jail, he wrote a letter referencing Bible stories.

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A police mugshot of Martin Luther King Jr. after his arrest for protests in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963, where he wrote a letter referencing Bible stories. (Gado/Getty Images)

“So, it is essential for a historical understanding of our country’s history that the Bible is included in the curriculum, and we will be requiring it,” Walters said.

Although Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law last week requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom by 2025, Walters says Oklahoma is the first to require the Bible be used in all classrooms, effective immediately.

“We’re the first ones, and we’re very proud of that,” he said. “We believe in American values. We believe that the better our students understand American history and American exceptionalism, the better off our state will be and the country will be. So, we are very proud to teach that to our students.”

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High school students in Oklahoma will be taught history lessons about the Bible. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

For those who are not religious, Walters wanted to be clear that lessons that include the Bible are strictly for historical context.

He said it is undeniable that the Bible is a historical document.

“The left can be offended, that’s fine,” Walters said. “They can be offended all they want, but what they can’t do is rewrite history. That is our history. That is the history of this country.”

In his memo Thursday, Walters said the move to incorporate the Bible was not just an educational directive “but a crucial step in ensuring our students grasp the core values and historical context of our country.”

He also said the State Department of Education may supply teaching materials to ensure the message is delivered uniformly.

The new curriculum will go into effect for the 2024-25 school year, and superintendents across the state were told instructions for monitoring and reporting on the matter will be delivered in the future.

Video shows a wild street takeover in downtown Los Angeles coming to a fiery conclusion overnight. 

Preliminary information from stringer service OnSceneTV indicates the takeover occurred at the intersection of 18^th and Main streets before 3 a.m. Saturday. 

A Log Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed the location and stated that upwards of 50 cars were present.

Officers were originally dispatched on calls of fireworks being lit, the spokesperson added.

The sideshow, which was attended by hundreds of people, ended with two vehicles ablaze in the middle of the intersection; it was not immediately clear if they were deliberately set on fire or if they caught fire due to another source. 

Traffic was seen maneuvering around the inferno and while some motorists honked their horns, others seemed to drive by as if all were normal. 

Los Angeles Fire Department crews attempting to extinguish the flames were hampered by the crowds and vehicles, who blocked their access to the burning vehicles, but they were eventually able to put the fire out within ten minutes. 

No arrests were made, LAPD said. What was left of both cars was impounded.

A video has captured theme park guests leaping into the water at Six Flags Over Texas following a malfunction on its Roaring Rapids ride, drawing shouts and gasps from onlookers. 

The incident, which has since gone viral after being posted on TikTok, happened this week after “one of the rafts at Roaring Rapids became stuck” and “guests were told to remain seated in the raft while the ride was restarted,” a Six Flags spokesperson told WFAA. 

The footage begins with five of the rafts shown bunched together in one section of the ride in Arlington, Texas. The current of the water ride then appears to reverse, and multiple people are seen jumping into the water in hopes of exiting their raft.  

They all make it to solid ground, but a young child that dived off the raft and appeared to be struggling to swim against the current had to be helped to safety by another rider.  

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“Get the kid!” a person is heard shouting in the video. “Alright, this ride is going to be shut down for a while.” 

The Six Flags spokesperson said to WFAA that “all guests safely exited the ride and there were no injuries.” 

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Some of the passengers on the Roaring Rapids ride decided to jump into the water to swim to safety. (TikTok/@jebbrownsack)

Each raft on the ride can hold up to a dozen people, according to Six Flags’ website. 

“Strap on your vests and step into this wobbly whitewater raft for a (playfully) treacherous passage downriver! Don’t be surprised if your veering vessel is overtaken by raging waves of water. Oops, did we say water? We meant fun!” a description of the ride says. 

“Nothing cools you down in the middle of a hot Texas afternoon quite like buckets of cold river water roaring down your back! Which one of you will get drenched the most??” it adds. 

One child who appeared to be struggling in the current of the water of the Roaring Rapids ride had to be helped to safety. (TikTok/@jebbrownsack)

In 1999, a 28-year-old Arkansas woman drowned, and 10 others were injured after a boat overturned on the same ride in about 2–3 feet of water, according to WFAA.