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Celebrating Connections

This activity has students look at various religious traditions and celebrations to find common understanding and differences among them. This activity will involve three classroom periods and also some homework for the students. The class will be divided into groups … Continue reading

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Faith and Belief

The Channel 4 Faith and Belief site contains information about the different religions and their festivals. It also includes a map over the spread of religion across the globe. It explains the history of the many religions, as well as … Continue reading

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Religion, BBC

The BBC, religion site contains much information of up to 80 different faiths. Here can be found the background information and history of these religions, but the site also holds links to religion in the news. Links to podcasts and … Continue reading

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World Religions and Beliefs,

From this webpage, by Diversiton you can easily learn more about religion, the history, holy days and practices. The site seeks to take an inclusive approach by reflecting as many traditions, philosophies and beliefs as practical. It also includes an … Continue reading

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Mixitup Activity Booklet middle & upper grades

The Fall 2005 activity booklet contains activities and lesson plans for teachers to encourage students to assess social boundaries at school, challenge their schools’ group divisions, and assess the perceptions of different people. The activity Mix It Up Survey is … Continue reading

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TAG Learning, empowering learning through ICT

With learning software covering a wide range of curriculum areas, including religious education. TAG is a leading publisher and supplier of best-of breed creative educational software tools, peripherals, training and support materials for schools in the UK and the developer … Continue reading

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Building Bridges. A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding

The booklet provides short, adaptable lesson plans and activities that build cross-cultural awareness, respect, and communication in your classroom. Lessons are flexible, easy to use, and standards-based.

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Enseignement Biblique et Interreligieux Romand

’Enbiro – biblical teaching and interrelgious Romand – is a publishing private non-profit. Specialized in the teaching of history and knowledge of religions, it has the primary mission of producing materials for the cantons fo Vaud, Freiburg, Valais, Jurg, and … Continue reading

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Exploring ultimate question

Staff at William Farr had been seeking for an inspirational way to introduce philosophy and religious ethics in RE. The key concept of meaning, purpose and truth in the revised programme of study provided timely inspiration. ‘We wanted to develop … Continue reading

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Meaningful ceremonies

This activity was used with pupils in key stage 3, year 8. Aims: o  To deepen and broaden understanding of important religious, cultural and social traditions and ceremonies. o  To identify and explore how personal family traditions and ceremonies may … Continue reading

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