Why are Haeckel's drawings being taught in school?

Much (inaccurate) information about what textbooks teach and/or include is found in Jonathon Wells' book, Icons of Evolution (including the peppered moth info, Haeckel's embryos, the Urey-Miller experiment, etc). The NCSE site has a great response by Alan Gishlick, detailing each "icon," why Wells' characterizations are innacurate, what is actually contained in the textbooks Wells criticized, and how Wells scored each book.You can find it here: http://www.ncseweb.org/icons/

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Oh and the teacher that used Haeckel's drawings as evidence of evolution was fresh out of teacher's college. I know she knows that Haeckel's drawings were false which leaves me to wonder why she would use fradulent material to teach evolution.

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As others have mentioned, if this is indeed the case, you should set up a time to speak with your teacher. Unfortunately, science teachers are in high demand; many are under-qualified and don't really possess the necessary understanding of the material they teach. You'd be doing both creationists and evolutionists a favor if you set the record straight.And maybe I missed it, but did you post the name of your textbook previously? Would appreciate knowing which one it is.

Z appears to be conspicuously absent.