Learning and Teaching Materials Archive
Special Religious Instruction (SRI) in Australian Schools
Australian blog on Religious Education discusses the specifics of Special Religious Instruction (SRI) in Australian Schools.
Religious Education Curriculum for 2011-12: World Religions
Unitarian Universalist announces Religious Education Curriculum for 2011-12: World Religions.
2012 Interfaith Calendar
The Huffington Post’s Religion section presents an interfaith, inclusive religious calendar, –along with photos — for nine major world religions: Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Paganism, Shinto and Sikhism.
Reuters: FaithWorld
This blog contains news posts about religion, faiths and ethics, written by Reuters journalists and correspondents. All major world religions are covered.
Teaching and Talking in Schools About 9/11
Many of the materials mentioned in this list were especially compiled or updated for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in Autumn 2011. Most but not all have a specific focus on teaching, in both formal and informal settings. The list … Continue reading
The 2011 Attacks in Norway: Links
This paper was compiled on the morning of Tuesday 26 July. It contains links to a small selection of the thousands of articles, commentaries and blogs that were been published on the internet over the following days. It starts by … Continue reading
Has Multiculturalism Failed?
This paper was compiled following David Cameron’s speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday 5 February 2011. The speech and media discussions of it dealt with three principal themes: The concept of multiculturalism, and whether multiculturalism in Britain, and … Continue reading
Access Islam
This website provides ten expert-developed, media-rich lesson plans for teaching students in grades 4-8 about Islamic holidays, traditions and cultures. The multimedia is taken from the award-winning PBS series ‘Religions and Ethics Newsweekly’ and provides an effective and thorough introduction … Continue reading
EWTNKids Virtual Church Tour
This is an interactive virtual tour of a town which incorporates education about the Catholic faith, including the inside of a church, information about Catholicism, and religion in the home.