Grades Archive
A Different Conversation
"A Different Conversation" documentary explores the experiences of college students on a trip to Jerusalem, evoking individual and collective narratives as to how religion is both relevant and alive today. Within the context of Jerusalem’s political tensions, the students explored … Continue reading
The European Wergeland Centre Share & Connect Database
The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) has just launched Share & Connect, a database for experts in the field of Education for Human Rights, Intercultural Understanding and Democratic Citizenship, including the dimension of religion to all of these. Share & Connect … Continue reading
Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa
A Pew Forum survey of respondents in 19 Sub-Saharan African countries on the role of religion and tolerance has resulted in this report. The report has a detailed and sometimes unexpected portrait. Besides offering background information, the report is a … 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
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
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Holocaust
Materials developed by Jewish Museum Educators can be used to supplement and enhance class' ongoing studies in history, art, and literacy.