Grades Archive
Diversity Activities for Middle School
This site from the Diversity Council of Minnesota ffers different activities dealing with cultural diversity including religion. Activities range from K-12.
Strangers — Short Film
This is a short movie depicting the challenges of prejudice, racism, and commonalities. Set in a train, an Arab and Jew are wary of each other initially. When skinheads come on to the train, they initially target the Muslim who is reading … Continue reading
Christianity and Islam in the Context of Contemporary Culture
Christianity and Islam in the Context of Contemporary Culture: Perspectives of Interfaith Dialogue from Russia and theMiddle East. This joint UNESCO-Beirut and UNESCO-Moscow publication presents results of a joint international research project to provide a systematic cross-cultural analysis of fundamental … Continue reading
Get Global
This practical guidebook introduces active Global Citizenship for teachers of 11-16 year olds. Guidebook provides clear and effective ways for pupils to work together on any issue of importance to them. With easy-to-follow steps, lively activities, games, and support for … Continue reading
Creation Table
Creation Tables are useful ways into encouraging a sense of awe and wonder, learning about the created world and developing cross-curricular work on RE. The website provides activities for pupils and ideas for teachers to try and adapt for themselves.
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
The Sandwich Swap
This story is about two friends, Lily and Salma, who play together but have cultural differences. But does it mean that they can't be friends? They transcend these differences in their friendship. Based on Her Majesty Queen Rania's experience, the … Continue reading
We work together Can you?
Resource includes teaching ideas to help develop cooperation and thinking about peace and conflict on a global scale. It links working together on a small scale to large scale conflicts around the world and explores ideas about different cultures and … Continue reading
Civic Education: Refugees
The resource contains overall unit plans and objectives and practical lesson plans for teaching and learning about refugees. Topics are related to broader topics of civic education as justice, equality, tolerance, freedom, minority rights and the formation of community.
Global Citizenship in the Whole School
This resource includes ideas for developing Global Citizenship themes throughout the Primary school. Activities are grouped into four broad areas: ideas for assemblies; lessons for the under 5s; lesson ideas for ages 5-7; and lesson ideas for ages 7-11.