Languages Archive
Developing Rights
This resource helps students to think about the place of rights in their own lives, and see how young people from around the world are claiming theirs. The resource explores issues such as equality, the right to education, and the … Continue reading
Places of worship
The website offers series of resources looking at places of worship and how their buildings may be linked to what goes on inside.
Encyclopedia of Shinto
This website provides a comprehensive dictionary of Shinto, a Japanese religion, in English and some other foreign languages. It offers not only articles but also pictures and short videos.
Hearing the Other Side
“Hearing the Other Side” is a documentary film featuring conversations with young Muslims on issues of religious identities, women's concerns and media, following Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh's assassination in the Netherlands. Reflections by the youth of Moroccan and Turkish … Continue reading
Talking Faith
Talking Faith is a documentary film produced in 2007 focusing on the insights and opinions of young people living the contexts of faith identities and dialogue. It opens a window into the lives of Sarah and Azam – two friends … Continue reading
Human Rights and the 10 Commandments
The resource “provides students with an opportunity to explore the importance of modern human rights through a comparison with The Ten Commandments. Students further explore the values that underpin human rights, as well as their inherent responsibilities.”
Audio Glossary
Audio Glossary contains the meaning of the words when studying religions and learning about religions as well as sound files, which help learning to pronounce the words.
Using personal photography in the classroom as a compelling conceptual enquiry stimulus
The resource is a case study about developing a compelling learning experience. The aim of the learning experience is “to enable students to drive the learning process through astute questioning and critical thinking and to enable students to enquire into … Continue reading
Religious Diversity and Education in Europe
Description: This major series of books is called ‘Religious Diversity and Education in Europe’, started in 2006, edited by Cok Bakker, Hans Günter Heimbrock, Robert Jackson, Geir Skeie and Wolfram Weisse. The series arose from a European research project – … Continue reading
Materials used in schools to teach world religions
This project was undertaken by WRERU on behalf of the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF). The starting point was an acknowledgement of the commitment made in all sectors of school education (maintained, independent, voluntary aided, academies) to the … Continue reading