A Georgia teacher has come under fire from parents for asking students to draw a Nazi mascot as a part of their social studies assignment, reports said.

The assignment was given to sixth-grade students at Shiloh Middle School Monday, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, quoting Atlanta Gwinnett County school district spokeswoman, Sloan Roach.

According to the publication, the question for the exercise called “Nazi Party Mascot.” read:

"The year is 1935 and you have been tasked with creating a mascot to represent the Nazi party at its political rallies. Think about all of the information that you have learned about Hitler and the Nazi party. You will create a COLORFUL illustration of the mascot. Give the mascot a NAME. You will also write an explanation as to why the mascot was chosen to represent the Nazi party.”

The teacher has not been identified, but school officials told reporters that he or she was teaching a social studies class that was studying, in part, the rise of Nazism, propaganda during the Nazi rule and events that led to the Holocaust.

Parents of the sixth-graders who were assigned the homework expressed shock and said the exercise was highly inappropriate. Jamie Brown, whose 11-year-old son studied in the same class told Fox News affiliate KVVU-TV: “ My son was shocked, like ‘dad, did you see my homework?’He showed it to me and at first I was like is this a joke? Is this a joke?”

“I don’t understand it, really to be honest, that we’re actually creating a mascot for an individual that murdered thousands of people,” Brown added. “I guess I’m the voice for the voiceless, for the kids that can’t question the authority of the teacher, can’t question the legitimacy of the assignment that’s given out.” He also said the assignment was “demeaning.”

He told Fox 5 News that the assignment added inappropriately to the current state of affairs in the U.S. ““I just don’t think, right now, at this time and place in America this is the time for that. We need to start looking at the things that bring us together and stop looking at things that separate us as a human race,” Brown said.

He stated he could only imagine the pain of students of Jewish descent and added a formal apology must be issued by the school and the concerned teacher should be reprimanded.

Another parent, Toyka Waller said she was shocked when she found out about her daughter’s assignment.“When she came home and told me about it, I thought she was playing,” she said.

Gwinnett County Schools released a statement to FOX 5 News which read:

“As outlined in the Georgia Standards of Excellence curriculum for the sixth-grade social studies, students study the conflict and change in Europe, including the aftermath of World War I, the rise of communism as a result of the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Nazism, and worldwide depression. In studying this time period, they learn about Nazism, the use of propaganda, and events which resulted in the Holocaust.

“This assignment is not a part of the approved materials provided by our Social Studies department and is not appropriate and the school is addressing the use of this assignment with the teacher.”

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