Grade 5 Archive
Teaching @ Tolerance Teaching about tolerance through music
This website provides a lesson plan about tolerance modeled around the work and lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr. Five lesson plans are provided which each focus on a different message of tolerance. Each lesson plan covers a specific … Continue reading
Teaching @ Tolerance Everybody is unique: A lesson in respect for others
This website provides a lesson plan about tolerance modeled around the work and lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr. Five lesson plans are provided which each focus on a different message of tolerance. Each lesson plan covers a specific … Continue reading
Ed Helper
This web-page is an online subscription service, which provides a wide range of materials and inspiration to teachers and homeschooling parents, about world religions. It describes religions overall, but also has a more specific description of a long list of … Continue reading
Use literature to teach tolerance
This website is a lesson plan that commemorates 9/11 by teaching tolerance through literature. This lesson plan utilizes literature to teach about tolerance to elementary and middle school students. The literature listed on this website includes novels and short stories … Continue reading
World Religions Grades 3 – 7
These websites through PBS provides lesson plan ideas for teachers to incorporate into their classes about world religions. Topics covered in the Grades 3 to 7 activity ideas includes religious buildings/houses of worship for different faiths, celebrations various religions have … Continue reading
Civic Education – Character and Citizenship Education: A Class Citizenship Tree for Elementary Students
An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan on character and citizenship education. The Purpose is to present to elementary students the characteristics that define a socially healthy citizen. This lesson requires a list of equipment that is to be found on … Continue reading
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
Religion, Culture, and Diversity
"Background. Overview: Diversity and pluralism are hallmarks of our society. The plethora of traditions and values that share our continent are bound both to conflict with, and to enrich, one other. Each new group of immigrants challenges the mainstream to … Continue reading
Religion and Ethics Lesson Plans
RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY’s lesson plans introduce students to today’s most important religious and moral issues. Using selected stories, online video, and other resources from the R&E Web site, these lessons address a broad range of current events from bioethics … Continue reading

