A work sheet in a Virginia middle-school civics class that identified the Ku Klux Klan as a ‘‘right wing’’ group was removed after complaints.

The work sheet, circulated in an eighth-grade class at Harmony Middle School in Loudoun County, was titled ‘‘Political Spectrum.’’

A completed, handwritten version that circulated online described different political ideologies, from ‘‘left wing’’ to ‘‘right wing.’’ It said liberals ‘‘support change or try new ideas,’’ for example, while conservatives are ‘‘traditional’’ and ‘‘cautious.’’

The edges of the chart proved more controversial — particularly the ‘‘right wing’’ section, which said ‘‘reactionaries are willing to use extreme methods, such as repressive use of government power, to achieve their goals.’’

‘‘Ku-Klux Klan is an example of a reactionary group,’’ the completed sheet read.

Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman Wayde Byard said the document was authentic and has been removed from the curriculum.

‘‘The document in question in not a resource used across the county,’’ he wrote in an e-mail.

‘‘It was a teacher-made activity used at one school.’’

Washington Post