Learning and Teaching Materials Archive

Get Global

Posted on December 10, 2011

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 →

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We work together Can you?

Posted on December 10, 2011

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 →

Posted in English, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Lesson Plans, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged Citizenship, conflicts, ethics, globalization, peace, religions | | ', '' ); ?>

Civic Education: Refugees

Posted on December 10, 2011

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.

Posted in English, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, International, Lesson Plans, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged civic education, ethics, refugees, tolerance. | | ', '' ); ?>

People of faith

Posted on December 10, 2011

Website offers resources of the world's main faiths and religions from the viewpoint of individuals from each faith and religion. Facts of the religions are featured by experiences of people of different faiths.

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A Different Conversation

Posted on December 10, 2011

"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 →

Posted in English, Grade 11, Grade 12, Interactive Resources, Other Tools, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged college students, documentary, Duke University, interfaith dialogues, Jerusalem, religion, sacred cities | | ', '' ); ?>

Holocaust

Posted on December 10, 2011

Materials developed by Jewish Museum Educators can be used to supplement and enhance class' ongoing studies in history, art, and literacy.

Posted in English, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Other Tools, Resources, Teaching Tools, Tool Boxes | Tagged Jewish Museum, Judaism, Religious Education, works of arts | | ', '' ); ?>

Places of worship

Posted on December 10, 2011

The website offers series of resources looking at places of worship and how their buildings may be linked to what goes on inside.

Posted in English, Grade 1, Grade 2, Lesson Plans, Other Tools, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged Church, gurdwara, mandir, mosque, places of worship, Religious Education, sacred buildings, synagogue, tour | | ', '' ); ?>

Encyclopedia of Shinto

Posted on December 10, 2011

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.

Posted in English, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Resources, Teaching Tools, Tool Boxes | Tagged Japanese religion, Shinto | | ', '' ); ?>

Hearing the Other Side

Posted on December 10, 2011

“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 →

Posted in English, Other Tools, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged documentary film, Europe, inter-religious dialogue, Islam, media, Muslims, religious identity, youth | | ', '' ); ?>

Talking Faith

Posted on December 10, 2011

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 →

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