RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Board of Education voted 7-5 during a Thursday meeting to approve the hotly debated social studies curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade. The use of language has been at the center of debate since its inception in January, with people in support of the new standards calling them "inclusive" and a better contextual view of American history, while those in opposition called it "divisive" and "anti-American." In support of the new standards was Chairman Eric Davis, Vice Chairman Alan Duncan, Reginald Kenan, Jill Camnitz, Donna Tipton- Rogers, J. Wendell Hall and James Ford. While in opposition was Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, State Treasurer Dale Fowell, Olivia Oxendine, Amy White and Todd Chasteen.