Grade 8 Archive

Teaching @ Tolerance Teaching about tolerance through music

Posted on December 10, 2011

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 →

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Teaching @ Tolerance Everybody is unique: A lesson in respect for others

Posted on December 10, 2011

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Ed Helper

Posted on December 10, 2011

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 →

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Approach to Teaching Religious Tolerance

Posted on December 10, 2011

This link contains a lesson plan for teaching about religious tolerance. The lesson plan focuses around the concept of religious freedom and how this issue is critical to understanding rights in the United States. References to the Constitution, specifically the … Continue reading →

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Mixitup Activity Booklet middle & upper grades

Posted on December 10, 2011

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

Posted on December 10, 2011

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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Peace Be Upon You

Posted on December 10, 2011

This classroom activity explores the issue of the separation of church and state and the issue of religious tolerance. The separation of church and state has been a controversial issue in the U.S., and this activity enables teachers to engage … Continue reading →

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Religion, Culture, and Diversity

Posted on December 10, 2011

"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 →

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Religion for Schools

Posted on December 10, 2011

This website, from The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, aims to provide schools with information abut various religions. It holds basic information about each of the religions selected as well as resources for teachers

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Religion and Ethics Lesson Plans

Posted on December 10, 2011

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 →

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